diff --git a/.github/workflows/gateway-conformance.yml b/.github/workflows/gateway-conformance.yml
index 8d2f9fe..f1689de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gateway-conformance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gateway-conformance.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,24 @@ on:
   pull_request:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+env:
+  GATEWAY_CONFORMANCE_VERSION: '7b222e6a73b82f05651aec3824ef139628198949' # TODO: switch to v0.6
+
 jobs:
-  gateway-conformance:
+  setup:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      gateway_conformance_version: ${{ steps.set-env.outputs.gateway_conformance_version }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Set default GATEWAY_CONFORMANCE_VERSION
+        id: set-env
+        run: echo "GATEWAY_CONFORMANCE_VERSION=${{ env.GATEWAY_CONFORMANCE_VERSION || 'latest' }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+  test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: setup
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        version: [${{ needs.setup.outputs.gateway_conformance_version }}]
     steps:
       # 1, Setup Node, install npm dependencies, and build all packages/*
       # see https://github.com/ipdxco/unified-github-workflows/blob/3a1a7870ce5967163d8f5c8210b8ad50b2e659aa/.github/workflows/js-test-and-release.yml#L28-L34
@@ -23,12 +38,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
-          go-version: 1.21.x
+          go-version: 1.22.x
 
       # 3. Download the gateway-conformance fixtures using ipfs/gateway-conformance action
       # This will prevent us from needing to install `docker` on the github runner
       - name: Download gateway-conformance fixtures
-        uses: ipfs/gateway-conformance/.github/actions/extract-fixtures@v0.5.1
+        uses: ipfs/gateway-conformance/.github/actions/extract-fixtures@{{ matrix.version }}
         # working-directory: ./packages/gateway-conformance
         with:
           output: ./packages/gateway-conformance/dist/src/fixtures/data/gateway-conformance-fixtures
diff --git a/packages/gateway-conformance/src/conformance.spec.ts b/packages/gateway-conformance/src/conformance.spec.ts
index c59d0db..101ca9d 100644
--- a/packages/gateway-conformance/src/conformance.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/gateway-conformance/src/conformance.spec.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ import { Agent, setGlobalDispatcher } from 'undici'
 
 const logger = prefixLogger('gateway-conformance')
 
+// The version used in CI check is set in  .github/workflows/gateway-conformance.yml
+const GATEWAY_CONFORMANCE_VERSION = process.env.GATEWAY_CONFORMANCE_VERSION ?? 'latest'
+
 interface TestConfig {
   name: string
   spec?: string
@@ -316,7 +319,7 @@ describe('@helia/verified-fetch - gateway conformance', function () {
         log('Using custom gateway-conformance binary at %s', binaryPath)
         return
       }
-      const { stdout, stderr } = await execa('go', ['install', 'github.com/ipfs/gateway-conformance/cmd/gateway-conformance@latest'], { reject: true })
+      const { stdout, stderr } = await execa('go', ['install', `github.com/ipfs/gateway-conformance/cmd/gateway-conformance@${GATEWAY_CONFORMANCE_VERSION}`], { reject: true })
       log(stdout)
       log.error(stderr)
     })
diff --git a/packages/gateway-conformance/src/fixtures/kubo-mgmt.ts b/packages/gateway-conformance/src/fixtures/kubo-mgmt.ts
index 8a88c6b..d1dd81a 100644
--- a/packages/gateway-conformance/src/fixtures/kubo-mgmt.ts
+++ b/packages/gateway-conformance/src/fixtures/kubo-mgmt.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ function getExecaOptions ({ cwd, ipfsNsMap, kuboRepoDir }: { cwd?: string, ipfsN
 async function downloadFixtures (force = false): Promise<void> {
   if (!force) {
     // if the fixtures are already downloaded, we don't need to download them again
-    const allFixtures = await fg.glob([`${GWC_FIXTURES_PATH}/**/*.car`, `${GWC_FIXTURES_PATH}/**/*.ipns-record`, `${GWC_FIXTURES_PATH}/dnslinks.json`])
+    const allFixtures = await fg.glob([`${GWC_FIXTURES_PATH}/**/*.car`, `${GWC_FIXTURES_PATH}/**/*.ipns-record`, `${GWC_FIXTURES_PATH}/dnslinks.IPFS_NS_MAP`])
     if (allFixtures.length > 0) {
       log('Fixtures already downloaded')
       return
@@ -106,11 +106,7 @@ export async function loadFixtures (kuboRepoDir: string): Promise<string> {
     await datastore.put(dhtKey, dhtRecord.serialize())
   }
 
-  const json = await readFile(`${GWC_FIXTURES_PATH}/dnslinks.json`, 'utf-8')
-  const { subdomains, domains } = JSON.parse(json)
-  const subdomainDnsLinks = Object.entries(subdomains).map(([key, value]) => `${key}.localhost%3A${3441}:${value}`).join(',')
-  const domainDnsLinks = Object.entries(domains).map(([key, value]) => `${key}:${value}`).join(',')
-  const ipfsNsMap = `${domainDnsLinks},${subdomainDnsLinks}`
+  const ipfsNsMap = await readFile(`${GWC_FIXTURES_PATH}/dnslinks.IPFS_NS_MAP`, 'utf-8')
 
   return ipfsNsMap
 }