diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e255fe6e..b3922355 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -598,8 +598,12 @@ jobs:
         run: ./ci/ci.sh
 
       - name: Symbol check
+        env:
+          VIRTUAL_ENV: '${{ github.workspace }}/venv'
         run: |
           python3 --version
+          python3 -m venv $VIRTUAL_ENV
+          export PATH="$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin:$PATH"
           python3 -m pip install lief
           python3 ./tools/symbol-check.py .libs/libsecp256k1.dylib