diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/api/openshift-api-release-4.1.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift/api/openshift-api-release-4.1.yaml
index 5c358dfc2eaf7..a3dfd989bf87d 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift/api/openshift-api-release-4.1.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/api/openshift-api-release-4.1.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ tests:
   commands: |
     dir=$GOPATH/src/github.com/openshift/client-go
     git clone https://github.com/openshift/client-go $dir
+    pushd $dir
+    git checkout release-4.1
+    popd
     rm -rf $dir/vendor/github.com/openshift/api/*
     cp -Rf * $dir/vendor/github.com/openshift/api/
     rm -rf $dir/vendor/github.com/openshift/api/vendor
diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/api/openshift-api-release-4.2.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift/api/openshift-api-release-4.2.yaml
index 99e051b6b1d17..ea5e68ed0ae82 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift/api/openshift-api-release-4.2.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/api/openshift-api-release-4.2.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ tests:
   commands: |
     dir=$GOPATH/src/github.com/openshift/client-go
     git clone https://github.com/openshift/client-go $dir
+    pushd $dir
+    git checkout release-4.2
+    popd
     rm -rf $dir/vendor/github.com/openshift/api/*
     cp -Rf * $dir/vendor/github.com/openshift/api/
     rm -rf $dir/vendor/github.com/openshift/api/vendor
diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/api/openshift-api-release-4.3.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift/api/openshift-api-release-4.3.yaml
index e4d252b4bd565..812e0537513c9 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift/api/openshift-api-release-4.3.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/api/openshift-api-release-4.3.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ tests:
   commands: |
     dir=$GOPATH/src/github.com/openshift/client-go
     git clone https://github.com/openshift/client-go $dir
+    pushd $dir
+    git checkout release-4.3
+    popd
     rm -rf $dir/vendor/github.com/openshift/api/*
     cp -Rf * $dir/vendor/github.com/openshift/api/
     rm -rf $dir/vendor/github.com/openshift/api/vendor