diff --git a/.bazeliskrc b/.bazeliskrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5f1a08e94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bazeliskrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+USE_BAZEL_VERSION=5.4.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/c.yaml b/.github/workflows/c.yaml
index cee12b8b29..00a4375a35 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/c.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/c.yaml
@@ -140,9 +140,15 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           submodules: recursive
+      - name: Install Bazel
+        run: |
+          curl -LO "https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazelisk/releases/download/v1.15.0/bazelisk-linux-amd64"
+          mkdir -p "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/bin/"
+          mv bazelisk-linux-amd64 "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/bin/bazel"
+          chmod +x "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/bin/bazel"
       - name: Bazel Build & Test
-        run:
-          bazel test //...
+        run: |
+          ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/bin/bazel test //...
 
 
   windows-2019: