diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.coffee
index ddf6e9ebc..6d7b92f71 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/application.js.coffee
@@ -1249,6 +1249,7 @@ jQuery ->
         height: 200
         wordcount:
           maxWordCount: $(this).data('word-max')
+        versionCheck: false
 
       CKEDITOR.on 'instanceCreated', (event) ->
         editor = event.editor
diff --git a/config/initializers/ckeditor.rb b/config/initializers/ckeditor.rb
index 88f4160e3..fa40b959f 100644
--- a/config/initializers/ckeditor.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/ckeditor.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Ckeditor.setup do |config|
-  config.cdn_url = "//cdn.ckeditor.com/ckeditor5/42.0.0/ckeditor5.js"
+  config.cdn_url = "//cdn.ckeditor.com/4.22.1/full/ckeditor.js"
 end