diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index edaefddc..8e2bc43a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -17,17 +17,25 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        neovim_version: ['v0.9.5', 'v0.10.0']
+        neovim_version: ['v0.9.5']
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install xmllint
-        run: sudo apt-get install -y ripgrep
       - name: Setup neovim
         uses: rhysd/action-setup-vim@v1
         with:
           neovim: true
           version: ${{ matrix.neovim_version }}
+      - name: Install ripgrep
+        run: |
+          mkdir ripgrep
+          cd ripgrep
+          wget -O - https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases/download/14.1.0/ripgrep-14.1.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz | tar zxf - --strip-component=1
+          ls
+          cd ..
+          ./ripgrep/rg foo .
       - name: Run tests
-        run: make prepare && make test
+        run: | 
+          make prepare
+          env RG_PATH=/home/runner/work/grug-far.nvim/grug-far.nvim/ripgrep/rg make test
diff --git a/lua/grug-far/opts.lua b/lua/grug-far/opts.lua
index e732bd5d..d9978380 100644
--- a/lua/grug-far/opts.lua
+++ b/lua/grug-far/opts.lua
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ M.defaultOptions = {
   -- max number of parallel replacements tasks
   maxWorkers = 4,
 
+  -- ripgrep executable to use, can be a different path if you need to configure
+  rgPath = 'rg',
+
   -- extra args that you always want to pass to rg
   -- like for example if you always want context lines around matches
   extraRgArgs = '',
@@ -187,6 +190,7 @@ M.defaultOptions = {
 ---@field debounceMs integer
 ---@field minSearchChars integer
 ---@field maxWorkers integer
+---@field rgPath string
 ---@field extraRgArgs string
 ---@field disableBufferLineNumbers boolean
 ---@field maxSearchCharsInTitles integer
@@ -203,6 +207,7 @@ M.defaultOptions = {
 ---@field debounceMs? integer
 ---@field minSearchChars? integer
 ---@field maxWorkers? integer
+---@field rgPath? string
 ---@field extraRgArgs? string
 ---@field disableBufferLineNumbers? boolean
 ---@field maxSearchCharsInTitles? integer
diff --git a/lua/grug-far/rg/fetchFilesWithMatches.lua b/lua/grug-far/rg/fetchFilesWithMatches.lua
index 815b9b7b..9266f282 100644
--- a/lua/grug-far/rg/fetchFilesWithMatches.lua
+++ b/lua/grug-far/rg/fetchFilesWithMatches.lua
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ local function fetchFilesWithMatches(params)
 
   return fetchWithRg({
     args = args,
+    options = params.options,
     on_fetch_chunk = function(data)
       local lines = vim.split(data, '\n')
       for i = 1, #lines do
diff --git a/lua/grug-far/rg/fetchReplacedFileContent.lua b/lua/grug-far/rg/fetchReplacedFileContent.lua
index ab8ab90d..ee1001c5 100644
--- a/lua/grug-far/rg/fetchReplacedFileContent.lua
+++ b/lua/grug-far/rg/fetchReplacedFileContent.lua
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ local function fetchReplacedFileContent(params)
   local content = ''
   return fetchWithRg({
     args = args,
+    options = params.options,
     on_fetch_chunk = function(data)
       content = content .. data
     end,
diff --git a/lua/grug-far/rg/fetchResults.lua b/lua/grug-far/rg/fetchResults.lua
index 9bab3b0f..835c7a70 100644
--- a/lua/grug-far/rg/fetchResults.lua
+++ b/lua/grug-far/rg/fetchResults.lua
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ local function fetchResults(params)
 
   return fetchWithRg({
     args = args,
+    options = params.options,
     on_fetch_chunk = function(data)
       params.on_fetch_chunk(parseResults(data))
     end,
diff --git a/lua/grug-far/rg/fetchWithRg.lua b/lua/grug-far/rg/fetchWithRg.lua
index c25d7c08..d9426f8d 100644
--- a/lua/grug-far/rg/fetchWithRg.lua
+++ b/lua/grug-far/rg/fetchWithRg.lua
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ end
 
 ---@class FetchWithRgParams
 ---@field args string[] | nil
+---@field options GrugFarOptions
 ---@field on_fetch_chunk fun(data: string)
 ---@field on_finish fun(status: GrugFarStatus, errorMesage: string | nil)
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ local function fetchWithRg(params)
   local stderr = uv.new_pipe()
 
   local handle
-  handle = uv.spawn('rg', {
+  handle = uv.spawn(params.options.rgPath, {
     stdio = { nil, stdout, stderr },
     cwd = vim.fn.getcwd(),
     args = args,
diff --git a/lua/grug-far/test/helpers.lua b/lua/grug-far/test/helpers.lua
index ccad8c31..692ce116 100644
--- a/lua/grug-far/test/helpers.lua
+++ b/lua/grug-far/test/helpers.lua
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ function M.initChildNeovim(child)
   -- Restart child process with custom 'init.lua' script
   child.restart({ '-u', 'scripts/minimal_init.lua' })
 
+  local rgPath = vim.env.RG_PATH or 'rg'
+
   child.lua(
     [[ 
     vim.api.nvim_set_current_dir('temp_test_dir')
@@ -112,6 +114,7 @@ function M.initChildNeovim(child)
   ]],
     {
       {
+        rgPath = rgPath,
         icons = {
           resultsStatusReady = 'STATUS_READY',
           resultsStatusError = 'STATUS_ERROR',