diff --git a/.github/actions/setup_xtgeo/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup_xtgeo/action.yml
index 22e67f670..2ed1be6b8 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup_xtgeo/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup_xtgeo/action.yml
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ runs:
     - name: Build and install xtgeo
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        pip install -U pip
-        pip install ".[dev]"
+        python -m pip install -U pip
+        python -m pip install ".[dev]"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-test-xtgeo-cibuildwheel.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-test-xtgeo-cibuildwheel.yml
index ebc8a775b..73dbdb559 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-test-xtgeo-cibuildwheel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-test-xtgeo-cibuildwheel.yml
@@ -44,5 +44,5 @@ jobs:
           TWINE_USERNAME: __token__
           TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_SECRET }}
         run: >
-          pip install twine &&
+          python -m pip install twine &&
           twine upload wheelhouse/*