diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 9649d722..51679b07 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -30,5 +30,6 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Test core code with pytest
       run: |
+        pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install coverage pytest
-        coverage run -m py.test tests
+        coverage run -m pytest tests