diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/base_jobs.yml b/.gitlab/ci/base_jobs.yml
index 64fe64bf..dc986623 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/base_jobs.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/base_jobs.yml
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@
     # Otherwise libglib2 needs interaction
     - export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
     - apt update -y
-    - apt install libwayland-dev wayland-protocols curl wget zip unzip tar git pkg-config libxcb-* libfontconfig-dev apt-transport-https ca-certificates gnupg  software-properties-common python3 python3-pip build-essential libgl1-mesa-dev mesa-common-dev lld ninja-build libxkbcommon-* libx11-dev xserver-xorg-dev xorg-dev -y
+    - apt install python3.11-venv libwayland-dev wayland-protocols curl wget zip unzip tar git pkg-config libxcb-* libfontconfig-dev apt-transport-https ca-certificates gnupg  software-properties-common python3 python3-pip build-essential libgl1-mesa-dev mesa-common-dev lld ninja-build libxkbcommon-* libx11-dev xserver-xorg-dev xorg-dev -y
     - wget -O - https://apt.kitware.com/keys/kitware-archive-latest.asc 2>/dev/null | gpg --dearmor - | tee /usr/share/keyrings/kitware-archive-keyring.gpg >/dev/null
     - echo 'deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/kitware-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.kitware.com/ubuntu/ focal-rc main' | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kitware.list >/dev/null
     - apt update -y
     - apt install cmake -y
+    - python3 -m venv env
+    - source env/bin/activate
     - python3 -m pip install -U pip
     - python3 -m pip install -r Tools/requirements.txt
     - python3 Tools/setup.py