diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-package.yml b/.github/workflows/build-package.yml
index ac3460eb7..b6dc8f66d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-package.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
       - name: Clone tools branch
-        run: git clone -b v0.8.18 --depth=1  https://github.com/citusdata/tools.git tools
+        run: git clone -b v0.8.27 --depth=1  https://github.com/citusdata/tools.git tools
 
       - name: Install package dependencies
         run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev python3-testresources