diff --git a/bitcoind-tests/Cargo.toml b/bitcoind-tests/Cargo.toml
index b3c7c2c83..829b61123 100644
--- a/bitcoind-tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bitcoind-tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 miniscript = {path = "../"}
-bitcoind = { version = "0.29.3", features=["23_0"] }
+bitcoind = { version = "0.29.3" }
 actual-rand = { package = "rand", version = "0.8.4"}
-secp256k1 = {version = "0.24.0", features = ["rand-std"]}
\ No newline at end of file
+secp256k1 = {version = "0.27.0", features = ["rand-std"]}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bitcoind-tests/bin/bitcoind b/bitcoind-tests/bin/bitcoind
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..39d71939a
Binary files /dev/null and b/bitcoind-tests/bin/bitcoind differ
diff --git a/bitcoind-tests/tests/setup/mod.rs b/bitcoind-tests/tests/setup/mod.rs
index 6a7f27e37..eb2de5b26 100644
--- a/bitcoind-tests/tests/setup/mod.rs
+++ b/bitcoind-tests/tests/setup/mod.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ pub mod test_util;
 
 // Launch an instance of bitcoind with
 pub fn setup() -> BitcoinD {
+    // Create env var BITCOIND_EXE_PATH to point to the ../bitcoind/bin/bitcoind binary
+    let key = "BITCOIND_EXE";
+    let curr_dir_path = std::env::current_dir().unwrap();
+    let bitcoind_path = curr_dir_path.join("bin").join("bitcoind");
+    std::env::set_var(key, bitcoind_path);
+
     let exe_path = bitcoind::exe_path().unwrap();
     let bitcoind = bitcoind::BitcoinD::new(exe_path).unwrap();
     let cl = &bitcoind.client;