diff --git a/.github/workflows/binaries-linux-x64-static.yml b/.github/workflows/binaries-linux-x64-static.yml
index 31ade6ee6..b8fcae155 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/binaries-linux-x64-static.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/binaries-linux-x64-static.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Runs on any push to ci-linux-x64.
 # Produces optimised static x64 linux  binaries,
-# using the GHC version below (9.2.3) and cabal.
+# using the GHC version below (9.0.2) and cabal.
 # Currently runs no tests.
-# XXX This is randomly segfaulting while building packages, needs replacing.
+# ghc 9.0 is used to avoid segfaults with the ghc 9.2 binaries on alpine, possibly https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/issues/20266
 
 name: binaries-linux-x64-static
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         apk --no-cache add binutils-gold curl gcc g++ git gmp-dev ncurses-dev ncurses-static libffi-dev make xz tar perl zlib-dev zlib-static
         mkdir -p ~/.ghcup/bin && curl https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghcup/x86_64-linux-ghcup > ~/.ghcup/bin/ghcup && chmod +x ~/.ghcup/bin/ghcup
-        ~/.ghcup/bin/ghcup install ghc 9.2.3 && ~/.ghcup/bin/ghcup set ghc 9.2.3 && ~/.ghcup/bin/ghcup install cabal
+        ~/.ghcup/bin/ghcup install ghc 9.0.2 && ~/.ghcup/bin/ghcup set ghc 9.0.2 && ~/.ghcup/bin/ghcup install cabal
         echo "$HOME/.ghcup/bin/" >> $GITHUB_PATH
 
     - name: Check out