diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index 6c1930e9..799d9dc2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -20,15 +20,21 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install pip3, pkgconfig and upgrade pip3
         run: |
           apt-get -yy update
-          apt-get install -y python3-pip pkg-config
+          apt-get install -y python3-pip python3.12-venv pkg-config
           rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-          pip3 install --upgrade --user pip
+      - name: Create venv
+        run: python3 -m venv .venv
+      - name: Activate venv
+        # see https://stackoverflow.com/a/74669486
+        run: |
+          . .venv/bin/activate
+          echo PATH=$PATH >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          pip3 install --user toml
+          pip3 install toml
           python3 -c 'import toml; c = toml.load("pyproject.toml"); print("\n".join(c["build-system"]["requires"]))' | pip3 install -r /dev/stdin
       - name: Run setup install
-        run:  python3 setup.py install --user
+        run:  python3 setup.py install
       - name: Test install
         run: |
           export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
@@ -80,15 +86,22 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Install pip3, pkgconfig and upgrade pip3
+      - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           apt-get -yy update
-          apt-get install -y python3-pip pkg-config
+          apt-get install -y python3-pip python3.12-venv pkg-config
           rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-          pip3 install --upgrade --user pip
-      - name: Run pip install
-        run:  pip3 install --user .
+      - name: Create venv
+        run: |
+          python3 -m venv .venv
+      - name: Activate venv
+        # see https://stackoverflow.com/a/74669486
+        run: |
+          . .venv/bin/activate
+          echo PATH=$PATH >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Run pip install
+        run:  pip3 install .
+      - name: Check import
         run: |
           export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
           python3 -c "import precice"
@@ -103,14 +116,21 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Install pip3, pkgconfig and upgrade pip3
+      - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           apt-get -yy update
-          apt-get install -y python3-pip pkg-config
+          apt-get install -y python3-pip python3.12-venv pkg-config
           rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-          pip3 install --upgrade --user pip
+      - name: Create venv
+        run: |
+          python3 -m venv .venv
+      - name: Activate venv
+        # see https://stackoverflow.com/a/74669486
+        run: |
+          . .venv/bin/activate
+          echo PATH=$PATH >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Run pip install
-        run:  pip3 install --user .
+        run:  pip3 install .
       - name: Run solverdummy
         run: |
           export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-solverdummy.yml b/.github/workflows/run-solverdummy.yml
index fa03423a..69b18094 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-solverdummy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-solverdummy.yml
@@ -19,14 +19,21 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: |
           apt-get -qq update
-          apt-get -qq install software-properties-common python3-dev python3-pip git apt-utils pkg-config
+          apt-get -qq install software-properties-common python3-dev python3-pip python3.12-venv git apt-utils pkg-config
           rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-          pip3 install --upgrade --user pip
+      - name: Create venv
+        run: |
+          python3 -m venv .venv
+      - name: Activate venv
+        # see https://stackoverflow.com/a/74669486
+        run: |
+          . .venv/bin/activate
+          echo PATH=$PATH >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Install bindings
-        run:  pip3 install --user .
+        run:  pip3 install .
       - name: Check whether preCICE was built with MPI  # reformat version information as a dict and check whether preCICE was compiled with MPI
         run: python3 -c "import precice; assert({item.split('=')[0]:item.split('=')[-1] for item in str(precice.get_version_information()).split(';')}['PRECICE_FEATURE_MPI_COMMUNICATION']=='Y')"
       - name: Run solverdummies
         run: |
           cd examples/solverdummy/
-          python3 solverdummy.py precice-config.xml SolverOne & python3 solverdummy.py precice-config.xml SolverTwo
+          python3 solverdummy.py precice-config.xml SolverOne & python3 solverdummy.py precice-config.xml SolverTwo
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