diff --git a/.github/hack/brew-install-version.sh b/.github/hack/brew-install-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..fbd6028e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/hack/brew-install-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# This script only works for formulas in the homebrew-core.
+# It assumes the homebrew-core has been checked out into ./homebrew-core.
+# It only needs commit messages, so the checkout can be filtered with tree:0.
+
+set -eu -o pipefail
+
+FORMULA=$1
+VERSION=$2
+
+export HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1
+export HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_UPGRADE=1
+export HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP=1
+
+TAP=lima/tap
+if ! brew tap | grep -q "^${TAP}\$"; then
+	brew tap-new "$TAP"
+fi
+
+# Get the latest commit id for the commit that updated this bottle
+SHA=$(git -C homebrew-core log --max-count 1 --grep "^${FORMULA}: update ${VERSION} bottle" --format="%H")
+if [[ -z $SHA ]]; then
+	echo "${FORMULA} ${VERSION} not found"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+OUTPUT="$(brew --repo "$TAP")/Formula/${FORMULA}.rb"
+RAW="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core"
+curl -s "${RAW}/${SHA}/Formula/${FORMULA::1}/${FORMULA}.rb" -o "$OUTPUT"
+
+if brew ls -1 | grep -q "^${FORMULA}\$"; then
+	brew uninstall "$FORMULA" --ignore-dependencies
+fi
+brew install "${TAP}/${FORMULA}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration.yml b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
index d89e95c1..648addf3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration.yml
@@ -32,12 +32,24 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: "1.23"
 
+      - name: Fetch homebrew-core commit messages
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          # needed by ./hack/brew-install-version.sh
+          repository: homebrew/homebrew-core
+          path: homebrew-core
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          filter: tree:0
+
       - name: Install CLI deps
         env:
           HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE: "1"
+          HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_UPGRADE: "1"
           HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALLED_DEPENDENTS_CHECK: "1"
         run: |
           brew install --overwrite python@3.12 kubectl docker coreutils lima
+          brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies qemu
+          ./.github/hack/brew-install-version.sh qemu 8.2.1
 
       - name: Build and Install
         run: make && sudo make install
@@ -63,7 +75,6 @@ jobs:
 
   kubernetes-containerd:
     runs-on: macos-13
-    needs: kubernetes-docker
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -72,12 +83,24 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: "1.23"
 
+      - name: Fetch homebrew-core commit messages
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          # needed by ./hack/brew-install-version.sh
+          repository: homebrew/homebrew-core
+          path: homebrew-core
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          filter: tree:0
+
       - name: Install CLI deps
         env:
           HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE: "1"
+          HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_UPGRADE: "1"
           HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALLED_DEPENDENTS_CHECK: "1"
         run: |
           brew install --overwrite python@3.12 kubectl docker coreutils lima
+          brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies qemu
+          ./.github/hack/brew-install-version.sh qemu 8.2.1
 
       - name: Build and Install
         run: make && sudo make install
@@ -103,7 +126,6 @@ jobs:
 
   docker:
     runs-on: macos-13
-    needs: kubernetes-containerd
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -112,12 +134,24 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: "1.23"
 
+      - name: Fetch homebrew-core commit messages
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          # needed by ./hack/brew-install-version.sh
+          repository: homebrew/homebrew-core
+          path: homebrew-core
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          filter: tree:0
+
       - name: Install CLI deps
         env:
           HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE: "1"
+          HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_UPGRADE: "1"
           HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALLED_DEPENDENTS_CHECK: "1"
         run: |
           brew install --overwrite python@3.12 kubectl docker coreutils lima
+          brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies qemu
+          ./.github/hack/brew-install-version.sh qemu 8.2.1
 
       - name: Build and Install
         run: make && sudo make install
@@ -152,7 +186,6 @@ jobs:
 
   containerd:
     runs-on: macos-13
-    needs: docker
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -161,12 +194,24 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: "1.23"
 
+      - name: Fetch homebrew-core commit messages
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          # needed by ./hack/brew-install-version.sh
+          repository: homebrew/homebrew-core
+          path: homebrew-core
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          filter: tree:0
+
       - name: Install CLI deps
         env:
           HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE: "1"
+          HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_UPGRADE: "1"
           HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALLED_DEPENDENTS_CHECK: "1"
         run: |
           brew install --overwrite python@3.12 kubectl docker coreutils lima
+          brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies qemu
+          ./.github/hack/brew-install-version.sh qemu 8.2.1
 
       - name: Build and Install
         run: make && sudo make install
@@ -201,7 +246,6 @@ jobs:
 
   incus:
     runs-on: macos-13
-    needs: containerd
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -210,12 +254,24 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: "1.23"
 
+      - name: Fetch homebrew-core commit messages
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          # needed by ./hack/brew-install-version.sh
+          repository: homebrew/homebrew-core
+          path: homebrew-core
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          filter: tree:0
+
       - name: Install CLI deps
         env:
           HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE: "1"
+          HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_UPGRADE: "1"
           HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALLED_DEPENDENTS_CHECK: "1"
         run: |
           brew install --overwrite python@3.12 kubectl docker coreutils lima incus
+          brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies qemu
+          ./.github/hack/brew-install-version.sh qemu 8.2.1
 
       - name: Build and Install
         run: make && sudo make install