diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 43e0aef9e..69b63ee29 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install -y pkg-config build-essential
         sudo apt-get install -y libssl-dev libacl1-dev libxxhash-dev liblz4-dev libzstd-dev
+        python3 -m venv ../borg-env
+        source ../borg-env/bin/activate
         pip3 install -r requirements.d/development.txt
         pip3 install -e .