diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0a3eb03..72d1434 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 MDLOADER_VERSION := 1.0.6
+QMK_FIRMWARE_COMMIT := af9c4d93ee
 
 EXECUTION_DATE := $(shell date +%FT%T%Z)
 TARGET_LAYOUTS := $(wildcard layout/*)
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ help:
 
 .PHONY: update
 update: qmk_firmware qmk_firmware/patches_applied ## Update qmk_firmware
-	@git -C qmk_firmware pull
+	@git -C qmk_firmware fetch
+	@git -C qmk_firmware checkout $(QMK_FIRMWARE_COMMIT)
 
 .PHONY: write
 write: mdloader builds/$(WRITE_TARGET).bin ## Write a layout to the keyboard, pass WRITE_TARGET as variable to control the particular layout
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ qmk_firmware/.git/HEAD: qmk_firmware
 
 qmk_firmware:
 	@git clone https://github.com/Massdrop/qmk_firmware.git qmk_firmware
+	@git -C qmk_firmware checkout $(QMK_FIRMWARE_COMMIT)
 	$(MAKE) qmk_firmware/patches_applied
 
 qmk_firmware/patches_applied: qmk_patches.diff