diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-arm64.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-arm64.yml
index 645100252..717fc26a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-arm64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-arm64.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         export PYVER_MINOR=${PYVER%.*}
         echo "PYVER_MINOR: $PYVER_MINOR"
-        export PATH="/usr/local/bin/:$PATH"
+        export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:/usr/local/bin/:$PATH"
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install -qq curl software-properties-common libnotify-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev patchelf
         sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:git-core/ppa
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ jobs:
         echo "Installed python version: $PYVERINST"
         echo $PATH
         python -m site
+        python -m ensurepip --upgrade
         python -m ensurepip --user
         ls -al /usr/local/lib/python3.12 | grep dist-packages
         ls -al /usr/lib/python3 | grep dist-packages