diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 57b848db..1e15869f 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ SPDK_CENTOS_REPO_VER="9.0-21.el9"
 
 # Ceph Cluster
 CEPH_CLUSTER_VERSION="${CEPH_VERSION}"
-CEPH_BRANCH=main
-CEPH_SHA=latest
+CEPH_BRANCH=wip-leonidc-squid-nvmeof-20241222-00
+CEPH_SHA=0169d3bcfd3d7d1d0953a1fe860b4e08a590d8bf
 
 CEPH_DEVEL_MGR_PATH=../ceph