diff --git a/.github/nix_override_cardano_node.sh b/.github/nix_override_cardano_node.sh
index e7963cea2..47bc21737 100644
--- a/.github/nix_override_cardano_node.sh
+++ b/.github/nix_override_cardano_node.sh
@@ -12,5 +12,9 @@ node_override() {
     # otherwise update to latest from default branch
     ref=""
   fi
-  echo --override-input cardano-node "github:input-output-hk/cardano-node$ref" --recreate-lock-file
+
+  #TODO: remove this workaround as soon as https://github.com/nix-community/poetry2nix/pull/1368 is merged
+  poetry2nix_ref=("--override-input" "poetry2nix" "github:nix-community/poetry2nix/026032a8b4e6e948c608de0fc559c6d0256e6117")
+
+  echo --override-input cardano-node "github:input-output-hk/cardano-node$ref" "${poetry2nix_ref[@]}" --recreate-lock-file
 }