diff --git a/.github/workflows/gate.yaml b/.github/workflows/gate.yaml
index ec020100c625..4b50e834d808 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gate.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gate.yaml
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ jobs:
           run: dnf install -y cmake make openscap-utils bats ansible python3-pip ShellCheck git python3-devel gcc-c++ libxml2-devel libxslt-devel libffi-devel
       -   name: Checkout
           uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      -   name: Install deps python, part 1
+          run: pip install "cffi>=1.17.0rc1"
       -   name: Install deps python
           run: pip install -r requirements-base.txt -r test-requirements.txt
       -   name: Build