diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
index 79c6f05c8..1f998c691 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
         python3 -m pip install --user cython
         python3 -m pip install --require-hashes --user -r requirements.txt
         # required for SciPy
-        python3 -m pip install "numpy<2"
+        python3 -m pip install --user "numpy<2"
         python3 -c "import numpy as np; print('numpy:', np.__version__)"
         python3 -c "import blosc2; print('blosc2:', blosc2.__version__)"
     - name: Build PyTables