diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 53ad6150..ff5d62d3 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ skip_if_unavailable=True' > /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-infra-sigul.repo
 RUN sed -i_ 's/mirrorlist/#mirrorlist/g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-* || exit 1
 RUN sed -i_ 's@#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org@baseurl=http://vault.centos.org@g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-* || exit 1
 
-RUN yum install -y -q sigul
+# install the sigul package directly from the fedora infra repo
+RUN yum install -y -q https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/sigul/0.207/1.el7/x86_64/sigul-0.207-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
 
 RUN mkdir -p /w/workspace && mkdir -p /home/jenkins
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/2025-sigul_install_fix-5c5e051e2cec035d.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/2025-sigul_install_fix-5c5e051e2cec035d.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..993ef169
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/2025-sigul_install_fix-5c5e051e2cec035d.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    The Koji repositories have stopped properly responding for EL7 based
+    systems and this causes issues with the installation of Sigul. This update
+    fixes the issue by directly referencing the package for EL7 based systems.