diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index f37809101..11d6a5fd4 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -223,6 +223,14 @@ postinstallhook() {
 	curl -L -O https://archive.archlinux.org/repos/2022/01/09/community/os/x86_64/libretro-flycast-4475-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
 	curl -L -O https://archive.archlinux.org/repos/2022/01/18/community/os/x86_64/libretro-ppsspp-31516-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
 
+	# downgrade nvidia drivers (latest version causing many retroarch cores to segfault)
+	curl -L -O https://archive.archlinux.org/repos/2022/04/01/multilib/os/x86_64/lib32-nvidia-utils-510.54-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
+	curl -L -O https://archive.archlinux.org/repos/2022/04/01/multilib/os/x86_64/lib32-opencl-nvidia-510.54-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
+	curl -L -O https://archive.archlinux.org/repos/2022/04/01/extra/os/x86_64/nvidia-510.54-11-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
+	curl -L -O https://archive.archlinux.org/repos/2022/04/01/extra/os/x86_64/nvidia-prime-1.0-4-any.pkg.tar.zst
+	curl -L -O https://archive.archlinux.org/repos/2022/04/01/extra/os/x86_64/nvidia-utils-510.54-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
+	curl -L -O https://archive.archlinux.org/repos/2022/04/01/extra/os/x86_64/opencl-nvidia-510.54-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
+
 	pacman --noconfirm -U *.pkg.tar.zst
 	rm *.pkg.tar.zst
 }