diff --git a/.github/workflows/noetic.yml b/.github/workflows/noetic.yml
index bfa64002..5b9568df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/noetic.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/noetic.yml
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ROS_DISTRO : noetic
           ROS_PARALLEL_TEST_JOBS: "-j8"
+          USE_DEB : false # to use .travis.rosinstall.noetic for face_detector
diff --git a/.travis.rosinstall.noetic b/.travis.rosinstall.noetic
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..095b9eee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.travis.rosinstall.noetic
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- tar:
+    local-name: face_detector
+    uri: https://github.com/OSUrobotics/people-release/archive/refs/tags/debian/ros-noetic-face-detector_1.4.0-1_focal.tar.gz
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6e839397..801c1650 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ env:
     - ROS_DISTRO=kinetic BEFORE_SCRIPT="pip install --user matplotlib==2.2.5" USE_DEB=true
     - ROS_DISTRO=lunar   USE_DEB=true
     - ROS_DISTRO=melodic USE_DEB=true
-    - ROS_DISTRO=noetic  USE_DEB=true
+    - ROS_DISTRO=noetic  USE_DEB=false # to use .travis.rosinstall.noetic for face_detector
 matrix:
   allow_failures:
     - env: ROS_DISTRO=lunar   USE_DEB=true