diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-brewkit/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-brewkit/action.yml
index a837af4c..476dd14a 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-brewkit/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-brewkit/action.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ runs:
       id: tea
       with:
         prefix: ${{ inputs.prefix }}
-        +: tea.xyz/brewkit
+        +: tea.xyz/brewkit~0.5
         # prevent pantry from reassigning TEA_PREFIX etc.
         srcroot: null
 
diff --git a/tea.yaml b/tea.yaml
index e60dab06..3bc66d2e 100644
--- a/tea.yaml
+++ b/tea.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dependencies:
-  tea.xyz/brewkit: ^0.3
+  tea.xyz/brewkit: ~0.5
 env:
   TEA_PANTRY_PATH: ${{srcroot}}:{{home}}/.tea/tea.xyz/var/pantry
   TEA_PREFIX: ${{srcroot}}/tea.out