diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-2.x.yml b/.github/workflows/build-2.x.yml
index 306278ba..3bead792 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-2.x.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-2.x.yml
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ jobs:
           cd $DRUPAL_DIR
           composer config repositories.local path "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build_dir"
           composer config minimum-stability dev
+          composer config prefer-stable
           composer require "islandora/islandora:dev-github-testing as dev-2.x"
 
       - name: Install modules