diff --git a/.github/workflows/multi-gpu-e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/multi-gpu-e2e.yml
index 50204a750..c9c3be141 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/multi-gpu-e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/multi-gpu-e2e.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ jobs:
           version: "latest"
       - name: Install Modal
         run: |
-          uv pip install --python "$(which python3)" modal==1.0.2 jinja2 protobuf
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install modal==1.0.2 jinja2
       - name: Update env vars
         run: |
           echo "BASE_TAG=${{ github.ref_name }}-base-py${{ matrix.python_version }}-cu${{ matrix.cuda }}-${{ matrix.pytorch }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 9e0d838df..0d1d47760 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -250,7 +250,8 @@ jobs:
           version: "latest"
       - name: Install Modal
         run: |
-          uv pip install --python "$(which python3)" modal==1.0.2 jinja2 protobuf
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install modal==1.0.2 jinja2
       - name: Update env vars
         run: |
           echo "BASE_TAG=${{ github.ref_name }}-base-py${{ matrix.python_version }}-cu${{ matrix.cuda }}-${{ matrix.pytorch }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -314,7 +315,8 @@ jobs:
           version: "latest"
       - name: Install Modal
         run: |
-          uv pip install --python "$(which python3)" modal==1.0.2 jinja2 protobuf
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install modal==1.0.2 jinja2
       - name: Update env vars
         run: |
           echo "BASE_TAG=${{ github.ref_name }}-base-py${{ matrix.python_version }}-cu${{ matrix.cuda }}-${{ matrix.pytorch }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -360,7 +362,8 @@ jobs:
           version: "latest"
       - name: Install Modal
         run: |
-          uv pip install --python "$(which python3)" modal==1.0.2 jinja2 protobuf
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install modal==1.0.2 jinja2
       - name: Update env vars
         run: |
           echo "BASE_TAG=${{ github.ref_name }}-base-py${{ matrix.python_version }}-cu${{ matrix.cuda }}-${{ matrix.pytorch }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV