diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index d9a8135..50d5f65 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   test-apk:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - fetch-test-apk-old
+      - fetch-test-apk-new
     name: Run diffuse action (part 1)
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -17,11 +20,13 @@ jobs:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 21
 
-      - name: Get old version of Android Auto app for test purposes
-        run: wget "https://github.com/usefulness/storage/raw/master/android-auto-old.apk" -O old-apk.apk
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: old-apk
 
-      - name: Get new version of Android Auto app for test purposes
-        run: wget "https://github.com/usefulness/storage/raw/master/android-auto-new.apk" -O new-apk.apk
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: new-apk
 
       - id: diffuse
         uses: ./
@@ -78,6 +83,9 @@ jobs:
 
   test-apk-2:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - fetch-test-apk-very-old
+      - fetch-test-apk-new
     name: Run diffuse action (part 2)
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -87,11 +95,13 @@ jobs:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 21
 
-      - name: Get very old version of Android Auto app for test purposes
-        run: wget "https://github.com/usefulness/storage/raw/master/android-auto-very-old.apk" -O very-old-apk.apk
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: very-old-apk
 
-      - name: Get new version of Android Auto app for test purposes
-        run: wget "https://github.com/usefulness/storage/raw/master/android-auto-new.apk" -O new-apk.apk
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: new-apk
 
       - id: diffuse
         uses: ./
@@ -146,12 +156,51 @@ jobs:
           name: diffuse-output-2
           path: ${{ steps.diffuse.outputs.diff-file }}
 
+  fetch-test-apk-very-old:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Get very old version of Android Auto app for test purposes
+        run: wget "https://github.com/usefulness/storage/raw/master/android-auto-very-old.apk" -O very-old-apk.apk
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: very-old-apk
+          path: very-old-apk.apk
+          retention-days: 1
+
+  fetch-test-apk-old:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Get old version of Android Auto app for test purposes
+        run: wget "https://github.com/usefulness/storage/raw/master/android-auto-old.apk" -O old-apk.apk
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: old-apk
+          path: old-apk.apk
+          retention-days: 1
+
+  fetch-test-apk-new:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Get new version of Android Auto app for test purposes
+        run: wget "https://github.com/usefulness/storage/raw/master/android-auto-new.apk" -O new-apk.apk
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: new-apk
+          path: new-apk.apk
+          retention-days: 1
+
   smoke-test:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    needs:
+      - fetch-test-apk-very-old
+      - fetch-test-apk-new
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest ]
+        os: [ ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-24.04 ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -160,17 +209,13 @@ jobs:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 21
 
-      - run: python3 -m pip install requests
-        shell: bash
-
-      - name: Get Android Auto app APKs for test purposes
-        run: |
-          import requests
-          responseOld = requests.get("https://github.com/usefulness/storage/raw/master/android-auto-very-old.apk")
-          open("very-old-apk.apk", "wb").write(responseOld.content)
-          responseNew = requests.get("https://github.com/usefulness/storage/raw/master/android-auto-new.apk")
-          open("new-apk.apk", "wb").write(responseNew.content)
-        shell: python
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: very-old-apk
+
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: new-apk
 
       - id: diffuse-custom-repo-hardcoded
         uses: ./
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index f96aef4..bd5c239 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -89,9 +89,6 @@ branding:
 runs:
   using: 'composite'
   steps:
-    - run: python3 -m pip install requests
-      shell: bash
-
     - id: run-diffuse
       env:
         INPUT_OLD_FILE: ${{ inputs.old-file-path }}
@@ -102,5 +99,13 @@ runs:
         INPUT_DIFFUSE_REPO: ${{ inputs.diffuse-repo }}
         INPUT_DEBUG: ${{ inputs.debug }}
         INPUT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-      run: python3 "$GITHUB_ACTION_PATH"/entrypoint.py
+      run: |
+        python3 -m venv "$GITHUB_ACTION_PATH"/diffuse-venv
+        if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "cygwin" ]] || [[ "$OSTYPE" == "msys" ]]; then
+          source "$GITHUB_ACTION_PATH"/diffuse-venv/Scripts/activate
+        else
+          source "$GITHUB_ACTION_PATH"/diffuse-venv/bin/activate
+        fi
+        python3 -m pip install requests
+        python3 "$GITHUB_ACTION_PATH"/entrypoint.py
       shell: bash