diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3ab56a40..c90e7be0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
           dpkg --add-architecture i386
           apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y
           # install system packages
-          apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends bash ca-certificates curl git libmpc3 make perl-base python tar time xz-utils libc6:i386 zlib1g:i386
+          apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends bash ca-certificates curl git libmpc3 make perl-base python-is-python3 tar time xz-utils libc6:i386 zlib1g:i386
           mkdir ../deps; cd ../deps; mkdir packages
           ### install python2-minimal packages from Debian-11
           ## curl -sS -L -O https://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/python2.7/libpython2.7-minimal_2.7.18-8+deb11u1_amd64.deb