diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
index 9e19c3b8c..bd0c9244c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
@@ -332,11 +332,22 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
 
       - name: "Set up Python and activate virtual environment"
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/setup-python/
-        with:
-          container-sha: ${{ needs.test-container-info.outputs.sha }}
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-
+        run: |
+          apt-get update
+          apt-get install git curl -y
+          curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
+          export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
+          echo "PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          uv python install ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
+          /env/bin/python3.11 get-pip.py
+          python${{ matrix.python-version }} -m venv /env
+      - name: Install pip if missing
+        run: |
+          if ! /env/bin/python3.11 -m pip --version; then
+            curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
+            /env/bin/python3.11 get-pip.py
+          fi
       - name: "Install packages for testing"
         run: |
           . /env/bin/activate
diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/1343.test.md b/doc/changelog.d/1343.test.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3801068d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/1343.test.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Uv python install