diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-validations.yml b/.github/workflows/run-validations.yml
index 637b96a1fda19..bcbdecaccdd65 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-validations.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-validations.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ on:
         required: true
         type: string
 
+      ddev-version:
+        required: false
+        type: string
       agent-reqs:
         required: false
         default: false
@@ -131,7 +134,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install ddev from PyPI
       if: inputs.repo != 'core'
-      run: pip install ddev
+      run: pip install ddev${{ inputs.ddev-version }}
 
     - name: Configure ddev
       run: |
@@ -199,7 +202,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Validate configuration models
       if: inputs.models
       run: ddev validate models $TARGET
-    
+
     - name: Validate openmetrics metric limit
       if: inputs.openmetrics
       run: ddev validate openmetrics $TARGET