diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 39648fb..3af968d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ jobs:
         with:
           toolchain: stable
 
-      - name: Install latest nightly
+      - name: Install latest nightly (pinned to nightly-2023-01-10, https://github.com/aya-rs/aya/issues/490)
         uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
-          toolchain: nightly
+          toolchain: nightly-2023-01-10
           components: rust-src
 
       - name: Install bpf-linker
-        run: cargo +nightly install bpf-linker
+        run: cargo install bpf-linker
 
       - name: Install Cargo Generate
         run: cargo install --git https://github.com/cargo-generate/cargo-generate cargo-generate
diff --git a/xtask/src/build_ebpf.rs b/xtask/src/build_ebpf.rs
index 25c4f06..452cb17 100644
--- a/xtask/src/build_ebpf.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/build_ebpf.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ pub fn build_ebpf(opts: Options) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     let dir = PathBuf::from("{{project-name}}-ebpf");
     let target = format!("--target={}", opts.target);
     let mut args = vec![
-        "+nightly",
         "build",
         "--verbose",
         target.as_str(),
@@ -53,8 +52,14 @@ pub fn build_ebpf(opts: Options) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     if opts.release {
         args.push("--release")
     }
+
+    // Command::new creates a child process which inherits all env variables. This means env
+    // vars set by the cargo xtask command are also inherited. RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN is removed
+    // so the rust-toolchain.toml file in the -ebpf folder is honored.
+
     let status = Command::new("cargo")
         .current_dir(dir)
+        .env_remove("RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN")
         .args(&args)
         .status()
         .expect("failed to build bpf program");
diff --git a/{{project-name}}-ebpf/rust-toolchain.toml b/{{project-name}}-ebpf/rust-toolchain.toml
index c046a09..33460c2 100644
--- a/{{project-name}}-ebpf/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ b/{{project-name}}-ebpf/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel="nightly"
+channel="nightly-2023-01-10"