diff --git a/docs/developer/development-environment.md b/docs/developer/development-environment.md
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@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ logout
 - Install K3D on the EC2 instance
 
 ```shell
-wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rancher/k3d/main/install.sh | bash
+# Note: The current version of K3D uses a broken version of K3s. The 2020-08 workaround is to install K3D 4.4.7
+wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rancher/k3d/main/install.sh | TAG=v4.4.7 bash
 # check version
 k3d version
 ```