diff --git a/.github/workflows/_testing.yml b/.github/workflows/_testing.yml
index d45b664..8482912 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_testing.yml
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ jobs:
   main-version-with-archunit-tests:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/ci.yml
     with:
-      flink_version: 1.18.0
+      flink_version: 1.18.1
   flink118-java17-version:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/ci.yml
     with:
-      flink_version: 1.18.0
+      flink_version: 1.18.1
       jdk_version: 17
       connector_branch: ci_utils
       run_dependency_convergence: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 21ccaad..c8c25c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ jobs:
               binary_url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/flink-nightly/flink-${{ inputs.flink_version }}-bin-scala_2.12.tgz
               cache_binary=false
             else
-              binary_url=https://archive.apache.org/dist/flink/flink-${{ inputs.flink_version }}/flink-${{ inputs.flink_version }}-bin-scala_2.12.tgz
+              binary_url=https://dlcdn.apache.org/flink/flink-${{ inputs.flink_version }}/flink-${{ inputs.flink_version }}-bin-scala_2.12.tgz
               cache_binary=true
             fi
           else