diff --git a/variants/esp32/esp32-common.ini b/variants/esp32/esp32-common.ini
index c039c7356..72cc1966e 100644
--- a/variants/esp32/esp32-common.ini
+++ b/variants/esp32/esp32-common.ini
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ custom_esp32_kind =
 custom_mtjson_part =
 platform =
   # TODO renovate
-  https://github.com/pioarduino/platform-espressif32/releases/download/55.03.39/platform-espressif32.zip
+  ; Using forked pioarduino to fix --force-reinstall CI issue
+  https://github.com/meshtastic/pioarduino-platform-espressif32/archive/refs/heads/55.03.39.zip
+  ; https://github.com/pioarduino/platform-espressif32/releases/download/55.03.39/platform-espressif32.zip
   ; https://github.com/pioarduino/platform-espressif32.git#develop
 platform_packages =
   # renovate: datasource=custom.pio depName=platformio/tool-mklittlefs packageName=platformio/tool/tool-mklittlefs