diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-runner/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-runner/action.yml
index 2a66872ea..8a8919be8 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-runner/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-runner/action.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ runs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       shell: bash
       run: |
+        VENV_NAME="github-actions-runner"
+        uv venv $VENV_NAME
+        source $VENV_NAME/bin/activate
+
         uv sync --all-groups
         uv pip install ollama faiss-cpu