diff --git a/Dockerfile.ci b/Dockerfile.ci
index bd5f476ca3aa0..f56de8e486635 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.ci
+++ b/Dockerfile.ci
@@ -782,6 +782,12 @@ if [[ ${SKIP_ENVIRONMENT_INITIALIZATION=} != "true" ]]; then
                 installable_files+=( "${file}" )
             fi
         done
+        if [[ ${USE_AIRFLOW_VERSION} != "wheel" && ${USE_AIRFLOW_VERSION} != "sdist" && ${USE_AIRFLOW_VERSION} != "none" ]]; then
+            echo
+            echo "${COLOR_BLUE}Also adding airflow in specified version ${USE_AIRFLOW_VERSION} to make sure it is not upgraded by >= limits${COLOR_RESET}"
+            echo
+            installable_files+=( "apache-airflow==${USE_AIRFLOW_VERSION}" )
+        fi
         if (( ${#installable_files[@]} )); then
             pip install --root-user-action ignore "${installable_files[@]}"
         fi
diff --git a/scripts/docker/entrypoint_ci.sh b/scripts/docker/entrypoint_ci.sh
index a3918e54124d7..b33faaf74be4c 100755
--- a/scripts/docker/entrypoint_ci.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker/entrypoint_ci.sh
@@ -206,6 +206,12 @@ if [[ ${SKIP_ENVIRONMENT_INITIALIZATION=} != "true" ]]; then
                 installable_files+=( "${file}" )
             fi
         done
+        if [[ ${USE_AIRFLOW_VERSION} != "wheel" && ${USE_AIRFLOW_VERSION} != "sdist" && ${USE_AIRFLOW_VERSION} != "none" ]]; then
+            echo
+            echo "${COLOR_BLUE}Also adding airflow in specified version ${USE_AIRFLOW_VERSION} to make sure it is not upgraded by >= limits${COLOR_RESET}"
+            echo
+            installable_files+=( "apache-airflow==${USE_AIRFLOW_VERSION}" )
+        fi
         if (( ${#installable_files[@]} )); then
             pip install --root-user-action ignore "${installable_files[@]}"
         fi