diff --git a/.github/workflows/aft.yaml b/.github/workflows/aft.yaml
index 7d7fec8aa8..7bb08071ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aft.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aft.yaml
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ jobs:
           # Patch libgit2dart (see https://github.com/dart-lang/pub/issues/3563)
           ( cd external/libgit2dart; git apply ../libgit2dart.patch )
           dart pub upgrade
-          mkdir -p .dart_tool/libgit2
-          cp external/libgit2dart/linux/*.so .dart_tool/libgit2
+          sudo cp external/libgit2dart/linux/*.so /usr/local/lib
 
       - name: Run Tests
         working-directory: packages/aft
diff --git a/packages/aft/workflow.yaml b/packages/aft/workflow.yaml
index 7d7fec8aa8..7bb08071ed 100644
--- a/packages/aft/workflow.yaml
+++ b/packages/aft/workflow.yaml
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ jobs:
           # Patch libgit2dart (see https://github.com/dart-lang/pub/issues/3563)
           ( cd external/libgit2dart; git apply ../libgit2dart.patch )
           dart pub upgrade
-          mkdir -p .dart_tool/libgit2
-          cp external/libgit2dart/linux/*.so .dart_tool/libgit2
+          sudo cp external/libgit2dart/linux/*.so /usr/local/lib
 
       - name: Run Tests
         working-directory: packages/aft