diff --git a/.github/workflows/deps.yml b/.github/workflows/deps.yml
index 40f4312d0..0b08350f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deps.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deps.yml
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ jobs:
       
       - run: pip install pip-compile-multi
       - run: |
-        ls backend/requirements/*.in | cut -d'/' -f3 | rev | cut -d. -f2 | rev | \
-           xargs -I{} mv backend/requirements/{}.in backend/requirements/{}.${{ matrix.python-version }}.in
-        pip-compile-multi -d backend/requirements --backtracking --autoresolve --allow-unsafe
+        mkdir -p backend/requirements/${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        ls backend/requirements/*.in | cut -d'/' -f3 | rev | cut -d. -f2 | rev | xargs -I{} cp backend/requirements/{}.in backend/requirements/${{ matrix.python-version }}/{}.in
+        pip-compile-multi -d backend/requirements/${{ matrix.python-version }} --backtracking --autoresolve --allow-unsafe
       
       - uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
         with:
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -r backend/requirements/prod.${{ matrix.python-version }}.txt
+          pip install -r backend/requirements/${{ matrix.python-version }}/prod.txt
 
 
 # Frontend (VueJS)
diff --git a/backend/requirements/base.in b/backend/requirements/base.in
index cdd5a2cc9..4f3c0e901 100644
--- a/backend/requirements/base.in
+++ b/backend/requirements/base.in
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ xlwt
 fpdf2
 numpy
 pandas
-distutils ; python_version > "3.10"  # deprecated since, and removed on Py 3.12
+distutils #; python_version > "3.10"  # deprecated since, and removed on Py 3.12
 #bioblend  # metadata_exporter unused app
 openpyxl
 python-docx