diff --git a/.Rprofile b/.Rprofile
index 7a2d7bf77..c09b1c89d 100644
--- a/.Rprofile
+++ b/.Rprofile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 if (file.exists('~/.Rprofile')) sys.source('~/.Rprofile', envir = environment())
 
 options(
-  blogdown.serve_site.startup = FALSE
+  blogdown.serve_site.startup = FALSE,
+  blogdown.hugo.version = "0.131.0"
 )
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_site.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_site.yaml
index 0e09e9b6e..bd4e9abf9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_site.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_site.yaml
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install hugo
         run: |
-          blogdown::install_hugo()
+          # Pinning version v0.131.0 to work without error with hugo-xmin
+          blogdown::install_hugo("v0.131.0")
         shell: Rscript {0}
         working-directory: R