diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 02f0ecd2..2dddd43e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
       "dependencies": {
         "@actions/core": "^1.11.1",
         "@actions/exec": "^1.1.1",
-        "@actions/tool-cache": "^2.0.1"
+        "@actions/tool-cache": "^2.0.1",
+        "compare-versions": "^6.1.1"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@stylistic/eslint-plugin": "^2.10.1",
@@ -945,6 +946,12 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-dOy+3AuW3a2wNbZHIuMZpTcgjGuLU/uBL/ubcZF9OXbDo8ff4O8yVp5Bf0efS8uEoYo5q4Fx7dY9OgQGXgAsQA==",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "node_modules/compare-versions": {
+      "version": "6.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/compare-versions/-/compare-versions-6.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-4hm4VPpIecmlg59CHXnRDnqGplJFrbLG4aFEl5vl6cK1u76ws3LLvX7ikFnTDl5vo39sjWD6AaDPYodJp/NNHg==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/concat-map": {
       "version": "0.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/concat-map/-/concat-map-0.0.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bb048f20..a92032ce 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@actions/core": "^1.11.1",
     "@actions/exec": "^1.1.1",
-    "@actions/tool-cache": "^2.0.1"
+    "@actions/tool-cache": "^2.0.1",
+    "compare-versions": "^6.1.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@stylistic/eslint-plugin": "^2.10.1",
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index a7c38fa3..3c784854 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ import * as os from 'os'
 import * as path from 'path'
 import * as tc from '@actions/tool-cache'
 
+// would have preferred to use coursier.core.Version here,
+// but coursier is not published on npm
+import { compareVersions } from 'compare-versions'
+
 const defaultVersion_x86_64 = '2.1.14'
 const defaultVersion_aarch64 = '2.1.14'
 
@@ -16,7 +20,7 @@ const csVersion =
   (architecture === architecture_x86_64 ? defaultVersion_x86_64 : defaultVersion_aarch64)
 const coursierVersionSpec = csVersion
 const coursierBinariesGithubRepository =
-  architecture === architecture_x86_64
+  architecture === architecture_x86_64 || compareVersions(csVersion, '2.1.16') >= 0
     ? 'https://github.com/coursier/coursier/'
     : 'https://github.com/VirtusLab/coursier-m1/'