diff --git a/.github/actions/build-package/action.yml b/.github/actions/build-package/action.yml
index 123484071e7..dd5aaa13650 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build-package/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build-package/action.yml
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ runs:
       with:
         verb: run
         dagger-flags: --verbose=0
+        version: 0.18.8
         args: go run -C ${GRAFANA_PATH} ./pkg/build/cmd artifacts --artifacts ${ARTIFACTS} --grafana-dir=${GRAFANA_PATH} --alpine-base=${ALPINE_BASE} --ubuntu-base=${UBUNTU_BASE} --enterprise-dir=${ENTERPRISE_PATH} --version=${VERSION} --patches-repo=${PATCHES_REPO} --patches-ref=${PATCHES_REF} --patches-path=${PATCHES_PATH} --build-id=${BUILD_ID} --tag-format="${TAG_FORMAT}" --ubuntu-tag-format="${UBUNTU_TAG_FORMAT}" --org=${DOCKER_ORG} --registry=${DOCKER_REGISTRY} --checksum=${CHECKSUM} --verify=${VERIFY} > $OUTFILE
     - id: output
       shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-e2e-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-e2e-tests.yml
index e446c45ed7b..960ff73d445 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-e2e-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-e2e-tests.yml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         uses: dagger/dagger-for-github@e47aba410ef9bb9ed81a4d2a97df31061e5e842e
         with:
+          version: 0.18.8
           verb: run
           args: go run ./pkg/build/cmd artifacts -a targz:grafana:linux/amd64 -a docker:grafana:linux/amd64 --grafana-dir="${PWD}" > out.txt
       - name: Cat built artifact
@@ -241,6 +242,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run E2E tests
         uses: dagger/dagger-for-github@e47aba410ef9bb9ed81a4d2a97df31061e5e842e
         with:
+          version: 0.18.8
           verb: run
           args: go run ./pkg/build/e2e --package=grafana.tar.gz
             --suite=${{ matrix.path }}
@@ -312,6 +314,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run E2E tests
         uses: dagger/dagger-for-github@e47aba410ef9bb9ed81a4d2a97df31061e5e842e
         with:
+          version: 0.18.8
           verb: run
           args: go run ./pkg/build/e2e-playwright --package=grafana.tar.gz --shard=${{ matrix.shard }}/${{ matrix.shardTotal }} --blob-dir=./blob-report
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -374,6 +377,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run E2E tests
         uses: dagger/dagger-for-github@e47aba410ef9bb9ed81a4d2a97df31061e5e842e
         with:
+          version: 0.18.8
           verb: run
           args: go run ./pkg/build/e2e-playwright --package=grafana.tar.gz --playwright-command="yarn e2e:playwright:cloud-plugins" --cloud-plugin-creds=/tmp/outputs.json
 
@@ -492,12 +496,14 @@ jobs:
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
         uses: dagger/dagger-for-github@e47aba410ef9bb9ed81a4d2a97df31061e5e842e
         with:
+          version: 0.18.8
           verb: run
           args: go run ./pkg/build/a11y --package=grafana.tar.gz
       - name: Run non-PR a11y test
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
         uses: dagger/dagger-for-github@e47aba410ef9bb9ed81a4d2a97df31061e5e842e
         with:
+          version: 0.18.8
           verb: run
           args: go run ./pkg/build/a11y --package=grafana.tar.gz --no-threshold-fail --results=./pa11y-ci-results.json
       - name: Upload pa11y results
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/release-pr.yml
index 8018aaca34d..ce4525ba9c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-pr.yml
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ inputs.bump == true || inputs.bump == 'true' }}
         uses: dagger/dagger-for-github@e47aba410ef9bb9ed81a4d2a97df31061e5e842e
         with:
+          version: 0.18.8
           verb: run
           args: go run -C .grafana-main ./pkg/build/actions/bump-version -version="patch"
 
diff --git a/pkg/build/actions/bump-version/action.yml b/pkg/build/actions/bump-version/action.yml
index d7d6fdf5c50..601159bf8ee 100644
--- a/pkg/build/actions/bump-version/action.yml
+++ b/pkg/build/actions/bump-version/action.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ runs:
         GO_MOD_DIR: ${{ inputs.go-mod-dir }}
         VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
       with:
+        version: 0.18.8
         verb: run
         args: go run ./pkg/build/actions/bump-version -version=${VERSION}
     - name: make gen-cue