diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3ed0e76..2b40e4a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -88,8 +88,9 @@ jobs:
         run: curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://tiup-mirrors.pingcap.com/install.sh | sh
       - name: start tiup playground
         run: |
-          ~/.tiup/bin/tiup install tikv:nightly pd:nightly
-          ~/.tiup/bin/tiup playground nightly --mode tikv-slim --kv 3 --without-monitor --kv.config config/tikv.toml --pd.config config/pd.toml &
+          # use latest stable version
+          ~/.tiup/bin/tiup install tikv pd
+          ~/.tiup/bin/tiup playground --mode tikv-slim --kv 3 --without-monitor --kv.config config/tikv.toml --pd.config config/pd.toml &
           while :; do
             echo "waiting cluster to be ready"
             [[ "$(curl -I http://127.0.0.1:2379/pd/api/v1/regions 2>/dev/null | head -n 1 | cut -d$' ' -f2)" -ne "405" ]] || break