diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests_archdetect.yml b/.github/workflows/tests_archdetect.yml
index 9cd2775108..1e8b830e14 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests_archdetect.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests_archdetect.yml
@@ -23,8 +23,14 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@93ea575cb5d8a053eaa0ac8fa3b40d7e05a33cc8 # v3.1.0
-    - name: Enable EESSI
-      uses: eessi/github-action-eessi@58b50fd2eead2162c2b9ac258d4fb60cc9f30503 # v2.0.13
+
+    - name: Mount EESSI CernVM-FS pilot repository
+      uses: cvmfs-contrib/github-action-cvmfs@d4641d0d591c9a5c3be23835ced2fb648b44c04b # v3.1
+      with:
+          cvmfs_config_package: https://github.com/EESSI/filesystem-layer/releases/download/latest/cvmfs-config-eessi_latest_all.deb
+          cvmfs_http_proxy: DIRECT
+          cvmfs_repositories: software.eessi.io
+
     - name: test eessi_archdetect.sh
       run: |
           export EESSI_MACHINE_TYPE=${{matrix.proc_cpuinfo}}