diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci-cd.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci-cd.yml
index c021c79..04d38d1 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci-cd.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci-cd.yml
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
 
-          timeout 120s "${BOOTSTRAP_PYTHON}" -m ensurepip --upgrade || true
-          timeout 180s "${BOOTSTRAP_PYTHON}" -m pip install --user --upgrade pip uv
+          timeout 180s "${BOOTSTRAP_PYTHON}" -m pip install --user --break-system-packages --upgrade pip uv
           export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
 
           if "${BOOTSTRAP_PYTHON}" -c 'import sys; raise SystemExit(0 if sys.version_info >= (3, 11) else 1)'; then
@@ -136,8 +135,7 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
 
-          timeout 120s "${BOOTSTRAP_PYTHON}" -m ensurepip --upgrade || true
-          timeout 180s "${BOOTSTRAP_PYTHON}" -m pip install --user --upgrade pip uv
+          timeout 180s "${BOOTSTRAP_PYTHON}" -m pip install --user --break-system-packages --upgrade pip uv
           export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
 
           if "${BOOTSTRAP_PYTHON}" -c 'import sys; raise SystemExit(0 if sys.version_info >= (3, 11) else 1)'; then