diff --git a/tests/_live_build.pm b/tests/_live_build.pm
index 3a762c61..72df90f2 100644
--- a/tests/_live_build.pm
+++ b/tests/_live_build.pm
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ sub run {
     # upload the config so we can check it's OK
     upload_logs "/etc/mock/openqa.cfg";
     # now check out the kickstarts
+    # FIXME using HTTP 1.1 seems to avoid some weird hangs we're
+    # seeing on pagure.io lately as of 2023/07:
+    # https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issue/11426
+    assert_script_run 'git config --global http.version HTTP/1.1';
     assert_script_run 'git clone https://pagure.io/fedora-kickstarts.git';
     assert_script_run 'cd fedora-kickstarts';
     assert_script_run "git checkout ${branch}";
diff --git a/tests/_ostree_build.pm b/tests/_ostree_build.pm
index e853584e..a373500a 100644
--- a/tests/_ostree_build.pm
+++ b/tests/_ostree_build.pm
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ sub run {
     assert_script_run "setenforce Permissive";
     # install the tools we need
     assert_script_run "dnf -y install git lorax flatpak ostree rpm-ostree dbus-daemon moreutils", 300;
+    # FIXME using HTTP 1.1 seems to avoid some weird hangs we're
+    # seeing on pagure.io lately as of 2023/07:
+    # https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issue/11426
+    assert_script_run 'git config --global http.version HTTP/1.1';
     # now check out workstation-ostree-config
     assert_script_run 'git clone https://pagure.io/workstation-ostree-config.git';
     assert_script_run 'pushd workstation-ostree-config';