diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci-cd.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci-cd.yml
index 40b11ad..023a71c 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci-cd.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci-cd.yml
@@ -46,13 +46,8 @@ jobs:
 
           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
-            PYTHON_BIN="${BOOTSTRAP_PYTHON}"
-          else
-            timeout 300s uv python install "${PYTHON_VERSION}"
-            PYTHON_BIN="${PYTHON_VERSION}"
-          fi
+          timeout 300s uv python install "${PYTHON_VERSION}"
+          PYTHON_BIN="$(uv python find --managed-python "${PYTHON_VERSION}")"
 
           printf 'PYTHON_BIN=%s\n' "${PYTHON_BIN}" > .ci-python-env
 
@@ -137,13 +132,8 @@ jobs:
 
           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
-            PYTHON_BIN="${BOOTSTRAP_PYTHON}"
-          else
-            timeout 300s uv python install "${PYTHON_VERSION}"
-            PYTHON_BIN="${PYTHON_VERSION}"
-          fi
+          timeout 300s uv python install "${PYTHON_VERSION}"
+          PYTHON_BIN="$(uv python find --managed-python "${PYTHON_VERSION}")"
 
           printf 'PYTHON_BIN=%s\n' "${PYTHON_BIN}" > .ci-python-env