diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
index 971c770..72e5114 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ on:
 jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: [self-hosted, linux, docker]
-    container: python:3.11
+    container: catthehacker/ubuntu:act-22.04
     steps:
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: install make
-        run: apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y -qq --no-install-recommends make
+      - name: setup python venv prereq
+        run: apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y -qq python3-venv
       - name: test
         run: make test