diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 3a3431b4..d0b99225 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ jobs:
             - v1-dependencies-{{ checksum "project.clj" }}-{{ checksum "deps.edn" }}
             # fallback to using the latest cache if no exact match is found
             - v1-dependencies-
+      - run:
+          name: Install Clojure
+          command: |
+            wget -nc https://download.clojure.org/install/linux-install-1.10.1.447.sh
+            chmod +x linux-install-1.10.1.447.sh
+            sudo ./linux-install-1.10.1.447.sh
       - run:
           name: Run JVM tests
           command: |