diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index a51a3a2..288c0bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
           ./start_emulator.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 &
 
       - name: Install Poetry and pre-commit 💈
-        run: pip install poetry pre-commit
+        run: pip install poetry==1.8.5 pre-commit
 
       - name: Install dependencies 🛠
         run: poetry install
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index e2fc008..79ef543 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
           ./start_emulator.sh > /dev/null 2>&1 &
 
       - name: Install Poetry and pre-commit 💈
-        run: pip install poetry pre-commit
+        run: pip install poetry==1.8.5 pre-commit
 
       - name: Install dependencies 🛠
         run: poetry install
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8adc6ff..aedf011 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 - Switched Firestore `query.where()` to use the 'filter' keyword argument instead of
   positional arguments. This eliminates a UserWarning that was introduced in
   `google-cloud-firestore` 2.11.0.
+- Internal, for builds only: Locked poetry in GitHub workflows to version 1.8.5, as
+  version 2.0.0 and later create METADATA files with version 2.3 instead of 2.2 and the
+  action to publish the package failed with an error about supported metadata versions
+  being 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2.
 
 ## [0.8.1] - 2024-12-09