diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 33a5baa..7812fff 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS   ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH_OS)
 DEB_HOST_ARCH_CPU  ?= $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH_CPU)
 
 # for finding the correct llvm-config when meson doesn't know about it yet
-LLVM_VERSION = 19
+LLVM_VERSION = 17
 export PATH:=/usr/lib/llvm-$(LLVM_VERSION)/bin/:$(PATH)
 
 export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS=optimize=-lto