diff --git a/.github/workflows/translate.yaml b/.github/workflows/translate.yaml
index 07b156c1..d28b7a2a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/translate.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/translate.yaml
@@ -20,13 +20,19 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   pyFV3_translate_tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container:
-      image: ghcr.io/noaa-gfdl/miniforge:mpich
     env:
       DATA_PATH: ./test_data/8.1.3/c12_6ranks_standard/dycore
       DATA_URL: "https://portal.nccs.nasa.gov/datashare/astg/smt/pace-regression-data/8.1.3_c12_6ranks_standard.tar.gz"
 
     steps:
+      - name: Setup Python 3.11
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+
+      - name: Install mpi (MPICH flavor)
+        run: pip3 install mpich
+
       - name: External trigger Checkout pyFV3
         if: ${{inputs.component_trigger}}
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -107,7 +113,7 @@ jobs:
           export PACE_FLOAT_PRECISION=64
           export OMP_NUM_THREADS=1
           export PACE_LOGLEVEL=Debug
-          mpiexec -mca orte_abort_on_non_zero_status 1 -np 6 --oversubscribe coverage run --rcfile=pyproject.toml -m mpi4py -m pytest \
+          mpiexec -np 6 coverage run --rcfile=pyproject.toml -m mpi4py -m pytest \
             -v -s --data_path=${{ env.DATA_PATH }} \
             --backend=dace:cpu \
             -m parallel \