diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/recipes/snapd.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/recipes/snapd.rb
index a19b861..0a777fc 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/recipes/snapd.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-bitcoin/recipes/snapd.rb
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
 # THE SOFTWARE.
 #
 
-package 'snapd'
-
-snap_package 'bitcoin-core'
+# FIXME: Switch to the snap_package resource when it gets fixed:
+# https://github.com/chef/chef/issues/8827
+execute "snap install bitcoin-core"
 
 bitcoin_user    = node['bitcoin']['username']
 bitcoin_group   = node['bitcoin']['usergroup']