diff --git a/scripts/installs/install_chocolatey.ps1 b/scripts/installs/install_chocolatey.ps1
index c726122..38adc08 100644
--- a/scripts/installs/install_chocolatey.ps1
+++ b/scripts/installs/install_chocolatey.ps1
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 $ChocoInstallPath = "$env:SystemDrive\ProgramData\Chocolatey\bin"
 
 if (!(Test-Path $ChocoInstallPath)) {
-  iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
-}
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+  $env:chocolateyVersion = '0.10.8' # hack as 0.10.9 is broken - for https://github.com/chocolatey/choco/issues/1529
+  iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1') -v )
+}