diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-uarch.yml b/.github/workflows/test-uarch.yml
index 518aff704d5..c8955f4fd28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-uarch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-uarch.yml
@@ -25,10 +25,13 @@ jobs:
           TEST_PATH=$RV_ROOT/verification/block
           echo "TEST_PATH=$TEST_PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-          pip3 install nox
+          python3 -m venv .venv
+          source .venv/bin/activate
+          python3 -m pip install nox
       - name: Lint
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          source .venv/bin/activate
           pushd ${TEST_PATH}
             nox -s test_lint
           popd
@@ -68,9 +71,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           python3 -m venv .venv
-          .venv/bin/python3 -m pip install tools/SiteSpawner
           source .venv/bin/activate
-          echo "PATH=$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           python3 -m pip install tools/SiteSpawner
 
       - name: Setup Cache Metadata
@@ -133,11 +134,14 @@ jobs:
           # Fix random generator seed
           echo "RANDOM_SEED=1377424946" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-          pip3 install meson nox
+          python3 -m venv .venv
+          source .venv/bin/activate
+          python3 -m pip install meson nox
 
       - name: Run ${{ matrix.test }}
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          source .venv/bin/activate
           pushd ${TEST_PATH}
             nox -s ${TEST_NAME}_verify
           popd
@@ -146,6 +150,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           export PATH=/opt/verilator/bin:$PATH
+          source .venv/bin/activate
           sis -d convert --dat-dir ${TEST_PATH}/${TEST_NAME}/
           mkdir -p results
           mv ${TEST_PATH}/${TEST_NAME}/*.info results/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-verification.yml b/.github/workflows/test-verification.yml
index 81415590ab9..91cdbcc9aed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-verification.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-verification.yml
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           python3 -m venv .venv
-          .venv/bin/python3 -m pip install tools/SiteSpawner
           source .venv/bin/activate
-          echo "PATH=$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           python3 -m pip install tools/SiteSpawner
 
       - name: Setup Cache Metadata
@@ -84,6 +82,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run ${{ matrix.test }}
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          source .venv/bin/activate
           pip3 install meson
           pip3 install -r $RV_ROOT/verification/top/requirements.txt
           PYTEST_STYLE_SRC_DIR=${{ github.workspace }}/.github/scripts/pytest/
@@ -97,6 +96,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Prepare pytest-html data
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          source .venv/bin/activate
           pushd ${{ github.workspace }}
             WEBPAGE_DIR=webpage_${{ matrix.test }}_${{ matrix.COVERAGE }}
             mkdir -p $WEBPAGE_DIR
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Prepare coverage data
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          source .venv/bin/activate
           export PATH=/opt/verilator/bin:$PATH
           sis -d convert --dat-dir ${TEST_PATH}
           mkdir -p results