diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-finney.yml b/.github/workflows/check-finney.yml
index 3e9fb5994..642e02c0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-finney.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-finney.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Check that spec_version has been bumped
         run: |
-          spec_version=$(PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.cargo/.bin substrate-spec-version wss://entrypoint-finney.opentensor.ai:443 | tr -d '\n')
+          spec_version=$(PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.cargo/.bin substrate-spec-version ${{ secrets.NUCLEUS_ARCHIVE_NODE }} | tr -d '\n')
           echo "network spec_version: $spec_version"
           : ${spec_version:?bad spec version}
           local_spec_version=$(cargo run -p node-subtensor-runtime --bin spec_version | tr -d '\n')
@@ -49,6 +49,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: "paritytech/try-runtime-gha@v0.1.0"
         with:
           runtime-package: "node-subtensor-runtime"
-          node-uri: "wss://entrypoint-finney.opentensor.ai:443"
+          node-uri: ${{ secrets.NUCLEUS_ARCHIVE_NODE }}
           checks: "pre-and-post"
-          extra-args: "--disable-spec-version-check --no-weight-warnings"
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+          extra-args: "--disable-spec-version-check --no-weight-warnings"