diff --git a/.github/workflows/ql-for-ql-build.yml b/.github/workflows/ql-for-ql-build.yml
index 9c568a9b5729..e05a7c39c4b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ql-for-ql-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ql-for-ql-build.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: github/codeql-action/init@main
         with:
           languages: javascript # does not matter
+          tools: nightly
       - uses: ./.github/actions/os-version
         id: os_version
       ### Build the extractor ###
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ql-for-ql-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ql-for-ql-tests.yml
index fdb9da284cef..e21860519041 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ql-for-ql-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ql-for-ql-tests.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: github/codeql-action/init@main
         with:
           languages: javascript # does not matter
+          tools: nightly
       - uses: ./.github/actions/os-version
         id: os_version
       - uses: actions/cache@v3
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: github/codeql-action/init@main
         with:
           languages: javascript # does not matter
+          tools: nightly
       - uses: ./.github/actions/os-version
         id: os_version
       - uses: actions/cache@v3