diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 52068cea1..c704eb4d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ jobs:
     # Tracks @main so suite-wide CI fixes reach every app without a PR in each repository.
     uses: storytold/craft-common-actions/.github/workflows/gate.yml@main
     with:
+      # The same craft-fonts commit as release.yml and freebsd.yml, so the gate tests the fonts that ship.
+      craft-fonts-ref: abb83316d96aa59c1cf64784289e378fe9fa5695
       packages: >-
         pkg-config libxkbcommon-dev libwayland-dev libx11-dev libxcursor-dev libxrandr-dev libxi-dev
         libgtk-3-dev libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype-dev mesa-vulkan-drivers