diff --git a/.github/workflows/cosmwasm-contracts-code-coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/cosmwasm-contracts-code-coverage.yml
index 12cd3e64b..36a92b25b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cosmwasm-contracts-code-coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cosmwasm-contracts-code-coverage.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ defaults:
     working-directory: contracts/cosmwasm-vm
 
 env:
-  RUSTC_VERSION: '1.72.1'
+  RUSTC_VERSION: '1.69.0'
+  RUSTC_TOOLCHAIN: '1.69.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
 
 jobs:
   code-coverage:
@@ -30,7 +31,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: true
       - name: Install Rust
-        run: rustup install "$RUSTC_VERSION"
+        run: |
+          rustup install "$RUSTC_VERSION"
+          rustup default "$RUSTC_TOOLCHAIN"
+          rustup component add clippy
+          rustup component add rustfmt
+
       - name: Cache Rust dependencies
         uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
       - name: Install cargo-llvm-cov