diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index e3d52218..da3fc420 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ jobs:
               - x64
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up 🐍 ${{ matrix.python }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+
+      - name: Display Python version
+        run: python -c "import sys; print(sys.version)"
+
+      - run: pip install matplotlib==3.8.4
+      
       - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v2
         with:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
@@ -34,17 +44,17 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-test-${{ env.cache-name }}-
             ${{ runner.os }}-test-
             ${{ runner.os }}-
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.9'
-          #cache: 'pip' # caching pip dependencies
-      - run: pip install matplotlib==3.8.4
+      # - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      #   with:
+      #     python-version: '3.9'
+      #     #cache: 'pip' # caching pip dependencies
+      # - run: pip install matplotlib==3.8.4
       - uses: julia-actions/julia-buildpkg@v1
         env:
-         PYTHON: ""
+         PYTHON: python
       - uses: julia-actions/julia-runtest@v1
         env:
-         PYTHON: ""
+         PYTHON: python
         with:
           depwarn: error
       - uses: julia-actions/julia-processcoverage@v1