diff --git a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
index 9ec0def8f..ba8b7b72a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
       ENABLE_APPLE_SILICON: "OFF"
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - run: pip install conan==1.59.0
+    - run: pip install conan<2.0.0
     - run: conan --version
     - run: cmake --version
     - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install dev dependencies
       run: |
-        python3 -m pip install conan==1.59.0
+        python3 -m pip install conan<2.0.0
 
         # workaround for issue that GitHub Actions seems to not adding it to PATH after https://github.com/actions/runner-images/pull/6499
         # and that's why CI cannot find conan executable installed above
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index db0403f2c..d982d87f0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Unreleased
   - Changes from 5.27.1
     - Build:
-      - CHANGED: Bump Conan to version 1.59.0. [#6559](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/6559)
+      - CHANGED: Always install the latest Conan 1.x on CI. [#6559](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/6559)
       - ADDED: Add CI job which builds OSRM with gcc 12. [#6455](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/6455)
       - CHANGED: Upgrade to clang-tidy 15. [#6439](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/6439)
       - CHANGED: Update actions/cache to v3. [#6420](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/pull/6420)