diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 2f9e699ee4c..74485353eae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common cppcheck luajit-5.1-dev luarocks mariadb-server-core mariadb-server mariadb-client libmariadb-dev-compat binutils-dev
-        pip install -r tools/requirements.txt
+        pip install --break-system-packages -r tools/requirements.txt
         luarocks install luacheck --local
         npm install -g diff-so-fancy
     - id: changed-files