diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 74485353eae..cef9f3ea92c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ 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 --break-system-packages -r tools/requirements.txt
+        python3 -m venv .
+        ./pip install -r tools/requirements.txt
         luarocks install luacheck --local
         npm install -g diff-so-fancy
     - id: changed-files