diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu_tests.yml
index dc1e598e..867e7383 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu_tests.yml
@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@ jobs:
       # https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv#installation
       - run: echo 'export PYENV_ROOT=$(pwd)' >> ~/.bash_profile
       - run: echo 'export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
-      - run: echo -e 'if command -v pyenv 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then\n  eval "$(pyenv init -)"\nfi' >> ~/.bash_profile
+      - run: echo -e 'if command -v bin/pyenv 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then\n  eval "$(bin/pyenv init -)"\nfi' >> ~/.bash_profile
       - run: |
           sudo apt-get install -y build-essential libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev \
               libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev wget curl llvm libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev \
               xz-utils tk-dev libffi-dev liblzma-dev python-openssl git
-      - run: cd $(bin/pyenv root) && git pull
+      - run: cd $(bin/pyenv root) && git pull || true
+      - run: git pull
       - run: bin/pyenv install ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - run: bin/pyenv global ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - run: bin/pyenv rehash