diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ab1abeef..6f8c4d5d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -46,12 +46,14 @@ RUN dotnet --list-sdks
 RUN apk --update --no-cache add wget \
 		     curl \
 		     git \
-		     php \
+		     php82 \
          php-ctype php-dom php-json php-mbstring php-phar php-tokenizer php-xml php-xmlwriter \
 		     php-curl \
 		     php-openssl \
 		     php-iconv \
 		    --repository http://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/
+
+RUN ln -s /usr/bin/php82 /usr/bin/php
 RUN curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/bin --filename=composer
 RUN mkdir -p /var/www
 WORKDIR /var/www
diff --git a/internal/actions/runWorkflow.go b/internal/actions/runWorkflow.go
index ab40b992..f57f29eb 100644
--- a/internal/actions/runWorkflow.go
+++ b/internal/actions/runWorkflow.go
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ package actions
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/hashicorp/go-version"
 	"github.com/speakeasy-api/sdk-generation-action/internal/configuration"
 	"github.com/speakeasy-api/sdk-generation-action/internal/git"
 	"github.com/speakeasy-api/sdk-generation-action/internal/run"
@@ -20,14 +18,19 @@ func RunWorkflow() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	resolvedVersion, err := cli.Download(environment.GetPinnedSpeakeasyVersion(), g)
+	// The top-level CLI can always use latest. The CLI itself manages pinned versions.
+	resolvedVersion, err := cli.Download("latest", g)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	minimumVersionForRun := version.Must(version.NewVersion("1.161.0"))
-	if !cli.IsAtLeastVersion(minimumVersionForRun) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("action requires at least version %s of the speakeasy CLI", minimumVersionForRun)
+	pinnedVersion := cli.GetVersion(environment.GetPinnedSpeakeasyVersion())
+	if pinnedVersion != "latest" {
+		resolvedVersion = pinnedVersion
+		// This environment variable is read by the CLI to determine which version should be used to execute `run`
+		if err := environment.SetCLIVersionToUse(pinnedVersion); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to set pinned speakeasy version: %w", err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	mode := environment.GetMode()
diff --git a/internal/environment/environment.go b/internal/environment/environment.go
index c1240cda..4a70d384 100644
--- a/internal/environment/environment.go
+++ b/internal/environment/environment.go
@@ -218,3 +218,7 @@ func GetWorkspace() string {
 func ShouldOutputTests() bool {
 	return os.Getenv("INPUT_OUTPUT_TESTS") == "true"
 }
+
+func SetCLIVersionToUse(version string) error {
+	return os.Setenv("PINNED_VERSION", version)
+}