diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-python.yml b/.github/workflows/test-python.yml
index 743ec97..daaf9ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-python.yml
@@ -29,15 +29,19 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
+        python -m venv .venv
+        source .venv/bin/activate
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         python -m pip install flake8 pytest
         if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
     - name: Lint with flake8
       run: |
+        source .venv/bin/activate
         # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
         flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
         # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
         flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
+        source .venv/bin/activate
         pytest