diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index c3ff24be8..a0c8d3eca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get install xvfb x11-utils libxkbcommon-x11-0  libxcb-xinerama0 python3-pyqt5
 
           # pandoc is not up to date in the ubuntu repos, so we install directly
-          wget https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/2.14.2/pandoc-2.14.2-1-amd64.deb && sudo dpkg -i pandoc-2.14.2-1-amd64.deb
+          wget https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/2.9.2.1/pandoc-2.9.2.1-1-amd64.deb && sudo dpkg -i pandoc-2.9.2.1-1-amd64.deb
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
diff --git a/nbconvert/utils/pandoc.py b/nbconvert/utils/pandoc.py
index a6b93a684..1a78cf14e 100644
--- a/nbconvert/utils/pandoc.py
+++ b/nbconvert/utils/pandoc.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 from .exceptions import ConversionException
 
-_minimal_version = "2.14.2"
+_minimal_version = "2.9.2"
 _maximal_version = "4.0.0"