diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 97906eb..500147d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        pyodide-version: ["0.27.2"]
+        pyodide-version: ["0.27.0a2"]
         test-config: [
             # FIXME: recent version of chrome gets timeout
             { runner: selenium, runtime: chrome, runtime-version: "125" },
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        # with:
+        #   submodules: recursive
         with:
-          submodules: recursive
+          ref: v0.8.0
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@42375524e23c412d93fb67b49958b491fce71c38 # v5.4.0
         with:
@@ -54,6 +56,24 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python3 -m pip install -e .[test]
 
+      - name: Add this test to the end of the test_install.py file
+        shell: bash -l {0}
+        run: |
+          echo "def test_freeze_after_install_without_deps(selenium_standalone_micropip, wheel_catalog):" >> tests/test_install.py
+          echo "    selenium = selenium_standalone_micropip" >> tests/test_install.py
+          echo "    shapely = wheel_catalog.get(\"shapely\")" >> tests/test_install.py
+          echo "" >> tests/test_install.py
+          echo "    selenium.run_js(" >> tests/test_install.py
+          echo "        f\"\"\"" >> tests/test_install.py
+          echo "        await pyodide.runPythonAsync(`" >> tests/test_install.py
+          echo "            import micropip" >> tests/test_install.py
+          echo "            await micropip.install(\"{shapely.url}\", deps=False)" >> tests/test_install.py
+          echo "            micropip.freeze()" >> tests/test_install.py
+          echo "        `);" >> tests/test_install.py
+          echo "        \"\"\"" >> tests/test_install.py
+          echo "    )" >> tests/test_install.py
+
+
       - name: Run tests
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |