diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index 70970dbfc..c9861d57f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           apt update -y
           apt install -y --no-install-recommends clang-format-15 cmake libb64-dev rapidjson-dev libre2-dev git wget software-properties-common
           wget -O /tmp/boost.tar.gz https://archives.boost.io/release/1.80.0/source/boost_1_80_0.tar.gz && (cd /tmp && tar xzf boost.tar.gz) && mv /tmp/boost_1_80_0/boost /usr/include/boost
-          apt install -y python3 python3-pip
+          apt install -y python3 python3-pip python3-venv
           # To avoid system/pip package conflict errors - use a venv:
           # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/75602063/pip-install-r-requirements-txt-is-failing-this-environment-is-externally-mana
           python3 -m venv .venv