diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/sbuild-chroot/sbuild-chroot.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/sbuild-chroot/sbuild-chroot.inc
index 6478d3a6..05424f54 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/sbuild-chroot/sbuild-chroot.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/sbuild-chroot/sbuild-chroot.inc
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND:remove = "rootfs_cleanup_isar_apt"
 # Do not cleanup base-apt
 ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND:remove = "rootfs_cleanup_base_apt"
 
+# Allow downgrades of packages from bootstrap
+ROOTFS_APT_ARGS += "--allow-downgrades"
+
 DEPLOY_SCHROOT = "${@d.getVar('SCHROOT_' + d.getVar('SBUILD_VARIANT').upper() + '_DIR')}${SBUILD_SCHROOT_SUFFIX}"
 
 do_sbuildchroot_deploy[dirs] = "${DEPLOY_DIR}/schroot-${SBUILD_VARIANT}"