diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-majestic.yml b/.github/workflows/build-majestic.yml
index 91f692a2c..1847f02c6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-majestic.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-majestic.yml
@@ -237,9 +237,14 @@ jobs:
         sudo mv lib/* /opt/homebrew/lib/
         sudo mv include/* /opt/homebrew/include/
 
+    - name: Create Python virtual environment
+      run: |
+        python3 -m venv .venv
+        .venv/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+
     - name: Install cibuildwheel
       run: |
-        python3 -m pip install git+https://github.com/joerick/cibuildwheel.git@main
+        .venv/bin/python -m pip install git+https://github.com/joerick/cibuildwheel.git@main
 
     - name: Install and test bindings
       env:
@@ -247,7 +252,7 @@ jobs:
         CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: "pytest {project}/src/runtime/python"
         CIBW_SKIP: "pp* cp36* cp37* cp38* cp39*"
       run: |
-        python3 -m cibuildwheel src/runtime/python --output-dir wheelhouse
+        .venv/bin/python -m cibuildwheel src/runtime/python --output-dir wheelhouse
 
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with: