diff --git a/.github/workflows/demo-agent.yml b/.github/workflows/demo-agent.yml
index a06391b..6c12417 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/demo-agent.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/demo-agent.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install
       run: |
-        sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install build-essential dbus libdbus-glib-1-dev libgirepository1.0-dev python3-pip python3-wheel
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install build-essential dbus libdbus-glib-1-dev libgirepository1.0-dev
+        python3 -m venv build/venv
+        source ./build/venv/bin/activate
         # custom cose repo
         pip3 install git+https://github.com/TimothyClaeys/pycose.git@v1.0.1
         pip3 install -e .
@@ -33,9 +34,14 @@ jobs:
         flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
+        source ./build/venv/bin/activate
         pip3 install -e '.[test]'
         dbus-run-session -- python3 -m pytest -v --cov=scapy_cbor --cov=bp --cov=udpcl --cov=tcpcl src
     - name: Transfer udpcl
-      run: dbus-run-session -- python3 -m udpcl.test.bundlegen --log=debug fullvalid
+      run: |
+        source ./build/venv/bin/activate
+        dbus-run-session -- python3 -m udpcl.test.bundlegen --log=debug fullvalid
     - name: Transfer tcpcl
-      run: dbus-run-session -- python3 -m tcpcl.test.bundlegen --log=debug fullvalid
+      run: |
+        source ./build/venv/bin/activate
+        dbus-run-session -- python3 -m tcpcl.test.bundlegen --log=debug fullvalid