diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 1ca6f12f..0db43f71 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ ubuntu-latest, macos-latest ]
+        # tests with sanitizer on `ubuntu-latest` is supported by 
+        # self-defined `nihtly test` job, so we don't need to test it here.
+        os: [ macos-latest ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
@@ -41,14 +43,6 @@ jobs:
         env:
           RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
           EXTRA_CARGO_ARGS: '--verbose'
-      - name: Run asan tests
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' }}
-        run: make test
-        env:
-          RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
-          RUSTFLAGS: '-Zsanitizer=address'
-          RUSTDOCFLAGS: '-Zsanitizer=address'
-          EXTRA_CARGO_ARGS: '--verbose -Zbuild-std --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
   stable:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index aa6669ed..1b482af4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ log = { version = "0.4", features = [
   "max_level_trace",
   "release_max_level_debug",
 ] }
-lz4-sys = "1.9"
+lz4-sys = { version = "=1.9.5" }
 memmap2 = { version = "0.9", optional = true }
 nix = "0.26"
 num-derive = "0.4"
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ protobuf = "2"
 rayon = "1.5"
 rhai = { version = "1.7", features = ["sync"], optional = true }
 scopeguard = "1.1"
-serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+serde = { version = "=1.0.194", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_repr = "0.1"
 strum = { version = "0.25.0", features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = "1.0"
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ nightly_group = ["nightly", "swap"]
 raft-proto = { git = "https://github.com/tikv/raft-rs", branch = "master" }
 protobuf = { git = "https://github.com/pingcap/rust-protobuf", branch = "v2.8" }
 protobuf-codegen = { git = "https://github.com/pingcap/rust-protobuf", branch = "v2.8" }
+# Lock the version of cc-rs to avoid build failure on MacOS, ref https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs/issues/984.
+cc = { git = "https://github.com/rust-lang/cc-rs", tag = "1.0.98" }
 
 [workspace]
 members = ["stress", "ctl"]