diff --git a/build_gesso.sh b/build_gesso.sh
index b5d5730334c2bdb32bcd19a266b494e08e8f6f08..1a3229f129775d20d17c9dbbb0d0ea560c9f15aa 100755
--- a/build_gesso.sh
+++ b/build_gesso.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 uw_wcms_gesso_root_path=${1:-/var/www/html}
+gesso_version="8.x-3.2"
 git clone "https://github.com/forumone/gesso" "gesso"
 cd gesso
+git checkout $gesso_version
 rm -rf "$uw_wcms_gesso_root_path/uw_wcms_gesso/gesso/source"
 ln -s "$uw_wcms_gesso_root_path/uw_wcms_gesso/source"