diff --git a/.github/workflows/gce_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/gce_test.yaml
index 11866e2..697e1a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gce_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gce_test.yaml
@@ -34,15 +34,16 @@ jobs:
         as_ascii="$(echo "${{ github.ref_name }}" | perl -pe "s/[^A-z0-9-]+/-/g; s/^-+|-+\$//g; s/--+/-/g;")"
         echo "as-ascii=$as_ascii" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
+    - name: install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python3 -m pip install -U pip
+        python3 -m pip install pre-commit tox globus-compute-endpoint
+
     - name: start globus_compute_endpoint
       env:
         GLOBUS_COMPUTE_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.GLOBUS_COMPUTE_CLIENT_ID }}
         GLOBUS_COMPUTE_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.GLOBUS_COMPUTE_SECRET_KEY }}
       run: |
-        python3 -m venv compute_env
-        source compute_env/bin/activate
-        pip install globus-compute-endpoint
-
         globus-compute-endpoint configure default
         which globus-compute-endpoint
         python3 -c "import globus_compute_sdk; print(globus_compute_sdk.__version__)"
@@ -77,5 +78,4 @@ jobs:
         GLOBUS_COMPUTE_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.GLOBUS_COMPUTE_CLIENT_ID }}
         GLOBUS_COMPUTE_CLIENT_SECRET: ${{ secrets.GLOBUS_COMPUTE_SECRET_KEY }}
       run: |
-        source compute_venv/bin/activate
         globus-compute-endpoint stop default