diff --git a/.github/workflows/module-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/module-tests.yml
index cf28dcc2ec4..2c02e7adeee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/module-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/module-tests.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ jobs:
 
           source $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/inet/_scripts/github/build-omnetpp.sh
 
+          echo "::group::Installing pip"
+          sudo apt install -y python3-pip
+          echo "::endgroup::"
+
+          echo "::group::Installing Python packages"
+          python3 -m venv $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/venv
+          source $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/venv/bin/activate
+          python3 -m pip install --upgrade matplotlib numpy pandas seaborn scipy ipython posix-ipc cppyy sewar dask distributed optimparallel requests
+          echo "::endgroup::"
+
           source $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/inet/_scripts/github/build-inet.sh
 
           echo "::group::Running module tests"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/other-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/other-tests.yml
index afe7cb6c6d3..86035c004c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/other-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/other-tests.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ jobs:
 
           source $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/inet/_scripts/github/build-omnetpp.sh
 
+          echo "::group::Installing pip"
+          sudo apt install -y python3-pip
+          echo "::endgroup::"
+
+          echo "::group::Installing Python packages"
+          python3 -m venv $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/venv
+          source $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/venv/bin/activate
+          python3 -m pip install --upgrade matplotlib numpy pandas seaborn scipy ipython posix-ipc cppyy sewar dask distributed optimparallel requests
+          echo "::endgroup::"
+
           source $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/inet/_scripts/github/build-inet.sh
 
           echo "::group::Running ${{ matrix.testdir }} tests"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index 9b14e9e5421..66ef798ae00 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ jobs:
 
           source $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/inet/_scripts/github/build-omnetpp.sh
 
+          echo "::group::Installing pip"
+          sudo apt install -y python3-pip
+          echo "::endgroup::"
+
+          echo "::group::Installing Python packages"
+          python3 -m venv $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/venv
+          source $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/venv/bin/activate
+          python3 -m pip install --upgrade matplotlib numpy pandas seaborn scipy ipython posix-ipc cppyy sewar dask distributed optimparallel requests
+          echo "::endgroup::"
+
           source $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/inet/_scripts/github/build-inet.sh
 
           echo "::group::Running unit tests"