diff --git a/scripts/speech_recognition/k2/setup.sh b/scripts/speech_recognition/k2/setup.sh
index 64d9a3c122e4..48ca31dab803 100755
--- a/scripts/speech_recognition/k2/setup.sh
+++ b/scripts/speech_recognition/k2/setup.sh
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 K2_REPO=https://github.com/k2-fsa/k2
-LATEST_RELEASE=$(git -c 'versionsort.suffix=-' \
-    ls-remote --exit-code --refs --sort='version:refname' --tags ${K2_REPO} '*.*' \
-    | tail --lines=1 \
-    | cut -d '/' -f 3)
+LATEST_RELEASE=e5671de  # Temporary fix for CUDA 12
+# uncomment the following line after the next k2 version is released (>1.24.3)
+#LATEST_RELEASE=$(git -c 'versionsort.suffix=-' \
+#    ls-remote --exit-code --refs --sort='version:refname' --tags ${K2_REPO} '*.*' \
+#    | tail --lines=1 \
+#    | cut -d '/' -f 3)
 # "cut --delimiter '/' --fields 3" doesn't work on macOS, use "-d ... -f ..." instead
 
 K2_MAKE_ARGS="-j" pip install -v "git+${K2_REPO}@${LATEST_RELEASE}#egg=k2" || { echo "k2 could not be installed!"; exit 1; }