diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 351966ead..53b1bce4f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -188,15 +188,18 @@ jobs:
       - name: Show distributions
         run: ls -lh dist/
 
-      - name: Install wheel distributions
+      - name: Install source distributions
         run: |
-          find ./dist/*.whl -maxdepth 1 -type f | xargs pip install --force-reinstall --find-links=dist/
-      - name: Check wheel distributions
+          find ./dist/*.gz -maxdepth 1 -type f | xargs python -m pip install --force-reinstall --find-links=dist/
+
+      - name: Check source distributions
         run: |
           dbt --version
-      - name: Install source distributions
+
+      - name: Install wheel distributions
         run: |
-          find ./dist/*.gz -maxdepth 1 -type f | xargs pip install --force-reinstall --find-links=dist/
-      - name: Check source distributions
+          find ./dist/*.whl -maxdepth 1 -type f | xargs python -m pip install --force-reinstall --find-links=dist/
+
+      - name: Check wheel distributions
         run: |
           dbt --version