This is quick tip, howto downgrade packages using YUM (example) on Fedora, CentOS, Red Hat (RHEL). This works simply with yum downgrade command and is very usefull when package(s) downgrade is needed some reason.

YUM Downgrade Basic Usage⌗

Downgrade is very straightforward when package have not any dependencies, which affect the downgrade.

YUM Downgrade Single Package⌗ 

yum downgrade package
Example:⌗ 
yum downgrade hunspell-mr.noarch

Setting up Downgrade Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package hunspell-mr.noarch 0:20060920-5.fc13 set to be downgraded
---> Package hunspell-mr.noarch 0:20060920-6.fc14 set to be erased
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================================================
 Package            Arch          Version                   Repository     Size
================================================================================
Downgrading:
 hunspell-mr        noarch        20060920-5.fc13           fedora         62 k

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Downgrade     1 Package(s)

Total download size: 62 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
hunspell-mr-20060920-5.fc13.noarch.rpm                   |  62 kB     00:00     
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing     : hunspell-mr-20060920-5.fc13.noarch                       1/2 
  Cleanup        : hunspell-mr-20060920-6.fc14.noarch                       2/2 

Removed:
  hunspell-mr.noarch 0:20060920-6.fc14                                          

Installed:
  hunspell-mr.noarch 0:20060920-5.fc13                                          

Complete!

YUM Downgrade Package Which Have Dependencies⌗

YUM downgrade is more difficult with packages that have dependencies. YUM downgrade does not resolve dependencies automatically, so it must be done manually.

YUM Downgrade Package and Dependencies⌗ 

yum downgrade lib1 lib2 package
Example: check package dependencies manually⌗ 
yum downgrade sqlite

Setting up Downgrade Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package sqlite.i686 0:3.6.22-1.fc13 set to be downgraded
---> Package sqlite.i686 0:3.6.23-1.fc14 set to be erased
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: sqlite-devel-3.6.23-1.fc14.i686 (@rawhide/12)
           Requires: sqlite = 3.6.23-1.fc14
           Removing: sqlite-3.6.23-1.fc14.i686 (@rawhide/12)
               sqlite = 3.6.23-1.fc14
           Downgraded By: sqlite-3.6.22-1.fc13.i686 (fedora)
               sqlite = 3.6.22-1.fc13
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
SQLite package depends on sqlite-devel package, so both (sqlite-devel and sqlite) have to be downgraded:⌗ 
yum downgrade sqlite-devel sqlite

Setting up Downgrade Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package sqlite.i686 0:3.6.22-1.fc13 set to be downgraded
---> Package sqlite.i686 0:3.6.23-1.fc14 set to be erased
---> Package sqlite-devel.i686 0:3.6.22-1.fc13 set to be downgraded
---> Package sqlite-devel.i686 0:3.6.23-1.fc14 set to be erased
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================================================
 Package              Arch         Version                 Repository      Size
================================================================================
Downgrading:
 sqlite               i686         3.6.22-1.fc13           fedora         309 k
 sqlite-devel         i686         3.6.22-1.fc13           fedora          80 k

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Downgrade     2 Package(s)

Total download size: 389 k
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/2): sqlite-3.6.22-1.fc13.i686.rpm                     | 309 kB     00:00     
(2/2): sqlite-devel-3.6.22-1.fc13.i686.rpm               |  80 kB     00:00     
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                                           438 kB/s | 389 kB     00:00     
Running rpm_check_debug
Running Transaction Test
Transaction Test Succeeded
Running Transaction
  Installing     : sqlite-3.6.22-1.fc13.i686                                1/4 
  Installing     : sqlite-devel-3.6.22-1.fc13.i686                          2/4 
  Cleanup        : sqlite-devel-3.6.23-1.fc14.i686                          3/4 
  Cleanup        : sqlite-3.6.23-1.fc14.i686                                4/4 

Removed:
  sqlite.i686 0:3.6.23-1.fc14         sqlite-devel.i686 0:3.6.23-1.fc14        

Installed:
  sqlite.i686 0:3.6.22-1.fc13         sqlite-devel.i686 0:3.6.22-1.fc13        

Complete!