diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 86eac6ebcd..6b6ab5e9fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -332,10 +332,10 @@ jobs:
           image: alpine:latest
           options: -v ${{ github.workspace }}:/io -w /io
           run: |
-            apk add py3-pip
-            pip3 install ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }} --no-index --find-links /io/dist/ --force-reinstall
-            ruff --help
-            python -m ruff --help
+            apk add python3
+            python -m venv .venv
+            .venv/bin/pip3 install ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }} --no-index --find-links dist/ --force-reinstall
+            .venv/bin/ruff check --help
       - name: "Upload wheels"
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
@@ -388,10 +388,11 @@ jobs:
           distro: alpine_latest
           githubToken: ${{ github.token }}
           install: |
-            apk add py3-pip
+            apk add python3
           run: |
-            pip3 install ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }} --no-index --find-links dist/ --force-reinstall
-            ruff check --help
+            python -m venv .venv
+            .venv/bin/pip3 install ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }} --no-index --find-links dist/ --force-reinstall
+            .venv/bin/ruff check --help
       - name: "Upload wheels"
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with: