diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 3ebd05f..4ae3753 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Download auto
         run: |
           #curl -vL -o - "$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/intuit/auto/releases/latest | jq -r '.assets[] | select(.name == "auto-linux.gz") | .browser_download_url')" | gunzip > ~/auto
-          # Pin to 10.16.1 so we don't break if & when
+          # Initially pin to 10.16.1 so we don't break if & when
           # <https://github.com/intuit/auto/issues/1778> is fixed.
-          wget -O- https://github.com/intuit/auto/releases/download/v10.16.1/auto-linux.gz | gunzip > ~/auto
+          # Needed to progress to 11.1.6 (current release) to have
+          # a fix for https://github.com/intuit/auto/issues/2432,
+          # while 1778 was still open/left without comment.
+          wget -O- https://github.com/intuit/auto/releases/download/v11.1.6/auto-linux.gz | gunzip > ~/auto
           chmod a+x ~/auto
 
       - name: Set up Python