diff --git a/.github/workflows/ros2-ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ros2-ci.yaml
index e63c9f1a50..3531ef9014 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ros2-ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ros2-ci.yaml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
       BUILDER: colcon
       # This by-passes issues on importing example_robot_data module when running examples and unit tests.
       # It seems target_ws is unable to properly overlay upstream_ws.
-      AFTER_SETUP_UPSTREAM_WORKSPACE: 'pip install example-robot-data --break-system-packages'
+      AFTER_SETUP_UPSTREAM_WORKSPACE: 'pip install example-robot-data'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     continue-on-error: true
     steps: