diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index e3a553797..06999bd0f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -46,18 +46,35 @@ jobs:
       # - name: Update the gpg dependency in the pyproject file
       #   # 1.16 is the version of gpgme that is currently available in ubuntu-latest (currently 22.04)
       #   run: sed -i 's|gpg>1.10.0|gpg @ https://dev.gnupg.org/source/gpgme.git@gpgme-1.16.0|' pyproject.toml
-      - name: Clone the gpgme repository
-        run: git clone --depth 1 --branch gpgme-1.17.0 https://dev.gnupg.org/source/gpgme.git gpgme
+      #- name: Clone the gpgme repository
+      #  run: git clone --depth 1 --branch gpgme-1.17.0 https://dev.gnupg.org/source/gpgme.git gpgme
+      - name: Download gpgme
+        run: |
+          wget https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/gpgme/gpgme-$VERSION.tar.bz2 https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/gpgme/gpgme-$VERSION.tar.bz2.sig
+          curl https://gnupg.org/signature_key.asc | gpg --import
+          for k in BCEF7E294B092E28 528897B826403ADA 528897B826403ADA E98E9B2D19C6C8BD E98E9B2D19C6C8BD 549E695E905BA208 549E695E905BA208; do
+          gpg -k $k
+          done
+
+          gpg --verify gpgme-$VERSION.tar.bz2.sig gpgme-$VERSION.tar.bz2
+          tar -xf gpgme-$VERSION.tar.bz2
+
+          mv gpgme-$VERSION gpgme
+        env:
+          VERSION: 1.16.0
 
       - name: Build the gpgme bindings
         run: |
           ls -l $(which -a python  python3)
           set -e
           ./autogen.sh
+
           ./configure --enable-maintainer-mode    --enable-languages=python
           make
           sudo make install
         working-directory: gpgme
+        env:
+          PYTHON: /usr/bin/python3
 
       - name: debug gpgme result
         run: find