diff --git a/.github/workflows/mkosi.yml b/.github/workflows/mkosi.yml
index 2b5f204f7a..9a71bc6463 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mkosi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mkosi.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@8e5e7e5ab8b370d6c329ec480221332ada57f0ab
-    - uses: systemd/mkosi@87a6b70ea9ab529b95fc91306fc8151175999dca
+    - uses: systemd/mkosi@77cde8a1252767ffc448bfb0fa237fb586a689a2
 
     - name: Configure
       run: |
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ jobs:
         [Host]
         ExtraSearchPaths=!*
         QemuVsock=yes
+        Ephemeral=yes
         EOF
 
         # For erofs, we have to install linux-modules-extra-azure, but that doesn't match the running kernel