diff --git a/bench/locli/locli.cabal b/bench/locli/locli.cabal
index eb5aac02216..ab94070762a 100644
--- a/bench/locli/locli.cabal
+++ b/bench/locli/locli.cabal
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ library
                       , optparse-generic
                       , ouroboros-consensus
                       -- for Data.SOP.Strict:
-                      , ouroboros-network ^>= 0.16
+                      , ouroboros-network ^>= 0.15
                       , ouroboros-network-api
                       , process
                       , quiet
diff --git a/cabal.project b/cabal.project
index 2a5232cf9a8..ad3cda8e8e4 100644
--- a/cabal.project
+++ b/cabal.project
@@ -59,3 +59,14 @@ package plutus-scripts-bench
 -- temporary! Please read the section in CONTRIBUTING about updating dependencies.
 
 -- `smtp-mail` should depend on `crypton-connection` rather than `connection`!
+
+source-repository-package
+  type: git
+  location: https://github.com/IntersectMBO/ouroboros-consensus
+  tag: df23ef6e7e269011318c82d001a6b894cd719571
+  --sha256: 1iiv36cj282zw5nzwpf6n96h1hbzcv8v0cg17dv1zyrchsmclwdj
+  subdir:
+    ouroboros-consensus
+    ouroboros-consensus-cardano
+    ouroboros-consensus-diffusion
+    ouroboros-consensus-protocol
diff --git a/cardano-node/cardano-node.cabal b/cardano-node/cardano-node.cabal
index d3f54f39243..4fd5f689900 100644
--- a/cardano-node/cardano-node.cabal
+++ b/cardano-node/cardano-node.cabal
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ library
                       , ouroboros-consensus-diffusion ^>= 0.16
                       , ouroboros-consensus-protocol
                       , ouroboros-network-api ^>= 0.7.1
-                      , ouroboros-network ^>= 0.16
+                      , ouroboros-network ^>= 0.15
                       , ouroboros-network-framework
                       , ouroboros-network-protocols ^>= 0.8
                       , prettyprinter
diff --git a/cardano-submit-api/cardano-submit-api.cabal b/cardano-submit-api/cardano-submit-api.cabal
index 18fc9c6be7d..2778223bf55 100644
--- a/cardano-submit-api/cardano-submit-api.cabal
+++ b/cardano-submit-api/cardano-submit-api.cabal
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ library
                       , network
                       , optparse-applicative-fork
                       , ouroboros-consensus-cardano
-                      , ouroboros-network ^>= 0.16
+                      , ouroboros-network ^>= 0.15
                       , ouroboros-network-protocols
                       , prometheus >= 2.2.4
                       , servant
diff --git a/cardano-testnet/cardano-testnet.cabal b/cardano-testnet/cardano-testnet.cabal
index d34ff4a71e1..a3cc6e5de5e 100644
--- a/cardano-testnet/cardano-testnet.cabal
+++ b/cardano-testnet/cardano-testnet.cabal
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ library
                       , network
                       , network-mux
                       , optparse-applicative-fork
-                      , ouroboros-network ^>= 0.16
+                      , ouroboros-network ^>= 0.15
                       , ouroboros-network-api
                       , prettyprinter
                       , process
diff --git a/cardano-tracer/cardano-tracer.cabal b/cardano-tracer/cardano-tracer.cabal
index 27dc15f9077..afbac0709d0 100644
--- a/cardano-tracer/cardano-tracer.cabal
+++ b/cardano-tracer/cardano-tracer.cabal
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ library
                       , filepath
                       , mime-mail
                       , optparse-applicative
-                      , ouroboros-network ^>= 0.16
+                      , ouroboros-network ^>= 0.15
                       , ouroboros-network-api
                       , ouroboros-network-framework
                       , signal
diff --git a/trace-dispatcher/trace-dispatcher.cabal b/trace-dispatcher/trace-dispatcher.cabal
index 2bfcfac29cf..bd8dbadf135 100644
--- a/trace-dispatcher/trace-dispatcher.cabal
+++ b/trace-dispatcher/trace-dispatcher.cabal
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ library
                       , hostname
                       , network
                       , optparse-applicative-fork
-                      , ouroboros-network ^>= 0.16
+                      , ouroboros-network ^>= 0.15
                       , ouroboros-network-api
                       , ouroboros-network-framework
                       , serialise