diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 5230c34c30..3909699b69 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -158,6 +158,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create log dir
         run: mkdir -p "$LOG_DIR"
 
+      # FIXME(dundargoc): this workaround is needed for macos as the python3
+      # provider tests suddenly started to become extremely flaky, and this
+      # removes the flakiness for some reason.
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: ./.github/scripts/install_deps.sh cpanminus