diff --git a/.github/actions/install_binstall/action.yaml b/.github/actions/install_binstall/action.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37c39d9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/install_binstall/action.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+name: 'Installs binstall'
+description: |
+  Installs `cargo binstall` at the version specified in dfx.json
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Install binstall
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        . bin/versions.bash
+        curl -L --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf "https://github.com/cargo-bins/cargo-binstall/releases/download/v${BINSTALL_VERSION}/cargo-binstall-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tgz" | tar -xvzf -
+        ./cargo-binstall -y --force "cargo-binstall@$BINSTALL_VERSION"
diff --git a/bin/versions.bash b/bin/versions.bash
index c2706559..1fcaca86 100644
--- a/bin/versions.bash
+++ b/bin/versions.bash
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ NNS_DAPP_RELEASE=proposal-121690
 DIDC_VERSION=2023-07-25
 QUILL_VERSION=0.4.0
 IDL2JSON_VERSION=0.8.5
+BINSTALL_VERSION=1.3.0