diff --git a/.github/workflows/genai_python_lib.yml b/.github/workflows/genai_python_lib.yml
index 58e78d3b36..be18f246bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/genai_python_lib.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/genai_python_lib.yml
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ jobs:
       - run: source ./ov/setupvars.sh && cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -S ./ -B ./build/
       - run: source ./ov/setupvars.sh && cmake --build ./build/ --config Release -j
       - run: python -m pip install --pre openvino --extra-index-url https://storage.openvinotoolkit.org/simple/wheels/nightly  # Can't load CentOS libraries from the archive
+      - run: source ./ov/setupvars.sh && python -m pip install ./thirdparty/openvino_tokenizers/[transformers]
       - run: PYTHONPATH=./src/python/ python -c "from openvino_genai import LLMPipeline"
       - run: source ./ov/setupvars.sh && python -m pip install --pre . --extra-index-url https://storage.openvinotoolkit.org/simple/wheels/nightly
-      - run: source ./ov/setupvars.sh && python -m pip install ./thirdparty/openvino_tokenizers/[transformers]
       - run: python -c "from openvino_genai import LLMPipeline"
       - name: GenAI Python API tests
         run: |