diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index 5b1fbb8..8cacba4 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         run: |
           python3 -m venv /tmp/ci-venv-lint
+          /tmp/ci-venv-lint/bin/pip install --quiet --upgrade pip
           /tmp/ci-venv-lint/bin/pip install --quiet flake8
 
       - name: Lint with flake8
@@ -44,7 +45,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           rm -rf /tmp/ci-venv-test
           python3 -m venv /tmp/ci-venv-test
-          /tmp/ci-venv-test/bin/pip install --quiet fastapi pydantic pyyaml uvicorn requests pytest pytest-asyncio httpx
+          /tmp/ci-venv-test/bin/pip install --quiet --upgrade pip
+          /tmp/ci-venv-test/bin/pip install --quiet --no-cache-dir fastapi pydantic pyyaml uvicorn requests pytest pytest-asyncio httpx
 
       - name: Debug environment
         run: |