diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index db798ca9..89555037 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ jobs:
           "pypy-3.8",
         ]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
+        tzdata-version: "2024a"
         exclude:
           - python-version: "2.7"
             os: "ubuntu-latest"
@@ -63,8 +64,19 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
           allow-prereleases: true
-      - name: Get tzdata version
-        run: cat /usr/share/zoneinfo/tzdata.zi | head -n 1
+      - name: Install specific tzdata version
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install lzip
+          TMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+          cd $TMP_DIR
+          curl -sSL "https://data.iana.org/time-zones/releases/${{matrix.tzdata-version}}.tar.gz" -o tzdata.tar.gz
+          mkdir tzdata
+          tar --lzip -xf tzdata.tar.lz
+          cd tzdata-${{matrix.tzdata-version}}
+          TOPDIR=/usr/share/zoneinfo sudo make install
+jj
+          cat /usr/share/zoneinfo/tzdata.zi | head -n 1
+        if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu') || startsWith(matrix.os, 'macos')
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: python -m pip install -U tox
       - name: Run tox