diff --git a/tools/github_actions_dependencies.sh b/tools/github_actions_dependencies.sh
index 333f53d0050..9ac14002c37 100755
--- a/tools/github_actions_dependencies.sh
+++ b/tools/github_actions_dependencies.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ EXTRA_ARGS=""
 if [ ! -z "$CONDA_ENV" ]; then
 	echo "Uninstalling MNE for CONDA_ENV=${CONDA_ENV}"
 	conda remove -c conda-forge --force -yq mne
-	pip uninstall -y mne
+	python -m pip uninstall -y mne
 elif [ ! -z "$CONDA_DEPENDENCIES" ]; then
 	echo "Using Mamba to install CONDA_DEPENDENCIES=${CONDA_DEPENDENCIES}"
 	mamba install -y $CONDA_DEPENDENCIES
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ echo ""
 # for compat_minimal and compat_old, we don't want to --upgrade
 if [ ! -z "$CONDA_DEPENDENCIES" ]; then
 	echo "Installing dependencies for conda"
-	pip install -r requirements_base.txt -r requirements_testing.txt
+	python -m pip install -r requirements_base.txt -r requirements_testing.txt
 else
 	echo "Installing dependencies using pip"
-	pip install $STD_ARGS $EXTRA_ARGS -r requirements_base.txt -r requirements_testing.txt -r requirements_hdf5.txt
+	python -m pip install $STD_ARGS $EXTRA_ARGS -r requirements_base.txt -r requirements_testing.txt -r requirements_hdf5.txt
 fi
 echo ""
 
 if [ "${DEPS}" != "minimal" ]; then
 	echo "Installing non-minimal dependencies"
-	pip install $STD_ARGS $EXTRA_ARGS -r requirements_testing_extra.txt
+	python -m pip install $STD_ARGS $EXTRA_ARGS -r requirements_testing_extra.txt
 fi