diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 997a199dee5f..8be877095c29 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -340,7 +340,10 @@ commands:
       - run:
           name: download firefox
           command: |
-            wget -O ~/ff.tar.bz2 "https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-nightly-latest-ssl&os=linux64&lang=en-US"
+            # TODO(https://github.com/emscripten-core/emscripten/issues/21163):
+            # Switch back to nightly once the ff issue with threading is
+            # resolves
+            wget -O ~/ff.tar.bz2 "https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-devedition-latest-ssl&os=linux64&lang=en-US"
             tar -C ~ -xf ~/ff.tar.bz2
       - run:
           name: configure firefox