diff --git a/roles/bugbot/defaults/main.yml b/roles/bugbot/defaults/main.yml
index d01e8c56978d05fe9f17ac77019705630c635b16..c9f3a7f1e3b05a8208211490acb449f1b34c78fc 100644
--- a/roles/bugbot/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bugbot/defaults/main.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 irc_host: 'chat.freenode.net'
 irc_port: '6697'
 irc_channel: '#archlinux-bugs'
+bugbot_version: 20200630
 bugbot_admins:
   - keenerd
   - falconindy
diff --git a/roles/bugbot/tasks/main.yml b/roles/bugbot/tasks/main.yml
index 29364e389731736d0723002096604c6a1565068c..714f4c6efb7aed1d8b62cd395704ef1abbe12d16 100644
--- a/roles/bugbot/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/bugbot/tasks/main.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
   git:
     repo: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/bugbot.git
     dest: /srv/bugbot
+    force: true
+    verify_commit: true
+    version: "{{ bugbot_version }}"
 
 - name: install env file
   template: src=bugbot.j2 dest=/srv/bugbot/env owner=root group=root mode=0600