diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index 66107eb14..89d29ba61 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ on:
       - main
   pull_request:
     paths:
-      - '**.rs'
-      - '**.toml'
-      - '**.yml'
+      - "**.rs"
+      - "**.toml"
+      - "**.yml"
 
 jobs:
   tarpaulin-codecov:
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install stable toolchain
-        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+        # tarpaulin is currently broken for Rust 1.83, see #1657
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@1.82.0
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
       - name: Install tarpaulin
         uses: taiki-e/install-action@v2
@@ -35,7 +36,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run cargo-tarpaulin
         run: |
-          rustup run stable cargo tarpaulin -o xml --skip-clean
+          # tarpaulin is currently broken for Rust 1.83, see #1657
+          rustup run 1.82.0 cargo tarpaulin -o xml --skip-clean
       - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
         with:
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 3ba5c4d14..9fe9a393b 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ test-integration:
   cargo run -p kube-examples --example crd_api
 
 coverage:
-  cargo tarpaulin --out=Html --output-dir=.
+  # tarpaulin is currently broken for Rust 1.83, see #1657
+  cargo +1.82.0 tarpaulin --out=Html --output-dir=.
   {{open}} tarpaulin-report.html
 
 hack: