diff --git a/debuild/Makefile b/debuild/Makefile
index b9dfd052f..fd84b0b45 100644
--- a/debuild/Makefile
+++ b/debuild/Makefile
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ debdist = purr-data-$(debversion)
 # nw.js sdk
 # NOTE: arm packages need some special-casing, since they are released
 # separately, and the version numbers do not always match up.
-nwjsver = 0.67.0
+nwjsver = 0.55.0
 nwjspkg = nwjs-sdk-v$(nwjsver)-linux
 nwjsver_arm = 0.27.6
 nwjspkg_arm = nwjs-sdk-v$(nwjsver_arm)-linux
diff --git a/debuild/debian/rules b/debuild/debian/rules
index 576839bd3..d8391378b 100755
--- a/debuild/debian/rules
+++ b/debuild/debian/rules
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
 #export DH_VERBOSE=1
 
-nwjsver = 0.67.0
+nwjsver = 0.55.0
 nwjspkg = nwjs-sdk-v$(nwjsver)-linux
 nwjsdir = nwjs-sdk-v$(nwjsver)-linux
 
diff --git a/l2ork_addons/tar_em_up.sh b/l2ork_addons/tar_em_up.sh
index 72e253587..5ff6acea1 100755
--- a/l2ork_addons/tar_em_up.sh
+++ b/l2ork_addons/tar_em_up.sh
@@ -217,10 +217,10 @@ if [ ! -d "../pd/nw/nw" ]; then
 		# work on newer macOS versions. Note that at present only
 		# Intel builds are supported, but these should also work on
 		# Apple Silicon via Rosetta 2.
-		nwjs_version="v${nwjsver:-0.67.0}"
+		nwjs_version="v${nwjsver:-0.55.0}"
 	elif [[ $os == "win" || $os == "win64" ]]; then
 		# same version works on Windows, too
-		nwjs_version="v${nwjsver:-0.67.0}"
+		nwjs_version="v${nwjsver:-0.55.0}"
 	elif [ $arch == "arm" ]; then
 		# rpi-- only 0.27.6 is available atm
 		nwjs_version="v0.27.6"
@@ -228,8 +228,10 @@ if [ ! -d "../pd/nw/nw" ]; then
 		# dito for rpi arm64-- 0.23.7 version
 		nwjs_version="v0.23.7"
 	else
-		# default for Linux -- same as Mac and Windows for now
-		nwjs_version="v${nwjsver:-0.67.0}"
+		# default for Linux -- same as Mac and Windows; note that
+		# anything past 0.55.0 suffers from the nwworkingdir bug which
+		# makes file dialogs open in the wrong locations
+		nwjs_version="v${nwjsver:-0.55.0}"
 	fi
 
 	nwjs="nwjs-sdk"