diff --git a/tasks/build/download-k3s.yml b/tasks/build/download-k3s.yml
index e897d49..c8b48c8 100644
--- a/tasks/build/download-k3s.yml
+++ b/tasks/build/download-k3s.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@
     k3s_hash_url: "{{ k3s_github_download_url }}/{{ k3s_release_version }}/sha256sum-{{ k3s_arch }}.txt"
   check_mode: false
 
+- name: Override k3s_binary_url and k3s_hash_url facts for testing specific commit
+  set_fact:
+    k3s_binary_url: "https://storage.googleapis.com/k3s-ci-builds/k3s{{ k3s_arch_suffix }}-{{ k3s_release_version }}"
+    k3s_hash_url: "https://storage.googleapis.com/k3s-ci-builds/k3s{{ k3s_arch_suffix }}-{{ k3s_release_version }}.sha256sum"
+  when:
+    - k3s_release_version | regex_search("^[a-z0-9]{40}$")
+  check_mode: false
+
 - name: Ensure the k3s hashsum is downloaded
   uri:
     url: "{{ k3s_hash_url }}"