diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index 23c8cdc..46e011f 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ jobs:
         env:
           no_proxy: "*"
         run: |
+          rm -rf /tmp/ci-venv-deploy
           python3 -m venv /tmp/ci-venv-deploy
+          /tmp/ci-venv-deploy/bin/pip install --quiet --upgrade pip
           /tmp/ci-venv-deploy/bin/pip install --quiet flake8 fastapi pydantic pyyaml uvicorn requests pytest pytest-asyncio httpx
 
       - name: Lint