diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index bb0ac9dc8..da66dba7e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -959,6 +959,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python3 -m venv .venv
         source .venv/bin/activate
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         # Install CPyCppyy
         git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/compiler-research/CPyCppyy.git
         mkdir CPyCppyy/build
@@ -997,7 +998,6 @@ jobs:
         cd cppyy/test
         echo ::group::Prepare For Testing
         make all
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         python -m pip install pytest
         python -m pip install pytest-xdist
         python -m pip install numba