diff --git a/.github/workflows/alpine.yml b/.github/workflows/alpine.yml
index 4e00b887..dbca6f4e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/alpine.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/alpine.yml
@@ -112,14 +112,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install packages
         run: |
           apk --no-cache --upgrade add git libstdc++ xz libarchive \
-            openjdk17-jre-headless openssl fontconfig ttf-dejavu tar
+            openjdk17-jre-headless openssl fontconfig ttf-dejavu tar python3 py3-pip
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - run: rm Gemfile
 
       - if: matrix.flavor.id == 'ietf'
-        uses: metanorma/ci/xml2rfc-setup-action@main
+        run: pip3 install xml2rfc --break-system-packages
 
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with: