diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index 07fb0c19262a1..b652d9d6f7ff4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -387,8 +387,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build Environment
         run: |
           python --version
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel numpy meson[ninja]==1.2.1 meson-python==0.13.1
-          python -m pip install --pre --extra-index-url https://pypi.anaconda.org/scientific-python-nightly-wheels/simple cython
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel meson[ninja]==1.2.1 meson-python==0.13.1
+          python -m pip install --pre --extra-index-url https://pypi.anaconda.org/scientific-python-nightly-wheels/simple cython numpy
           python -m pip install versioneer[toml]
           python -m pip install python-dateutil pytz tzdata hypothesis>=6.84.0 pytest>=7.3.2 pytest-xdist>=3.4.0 pytest-cov
           python -m pip install -ve . --no-build-isolation --no-index --no-deps -Csetup-args="--werror"