diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index a413e5f6e..f18ab77e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Set up Python"
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version-file: ".python-version"
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
       - name: Install Tesseract 5
         if: matrix.tesseract5
@@ -91,17 +91,17 @@ jobs:
             libxslt1-dev \
             pypy3-dev
 
+      - name: Install Python packages
+        run: |
+          uv sync --extra test
+
       - name: Report versions
         run: |
           tesseract --version
           gs --version
           pngquant --version
           unpaper --version
-          img2pdf --version
-
-      - name: Install Python packages
-        run: |
-          uv sync --extra test
+          uv run img2pdf --version
 
       - name: Test
         run: |
@@ -145,13 +145,6 @@ jobs:
             pngquant \
             tesseract
 
-      - name: Report versions
-        run: |
-          tesseract --version
-          gs --version
-          pngquant --version
-          img2pdf --version
-
       - name: Install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v3
         with:
@@ -160,12 +153,19 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Set up Python"
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version-file: ".python-version"
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
       - name: Install Python packages
         run: |
           uv sync --extra test
 
+      - name: Report versions
+        run: |
+          tesseract --version
+          gs --version
+          pngquant --version
+          uv run img2pdf --version
+
       - name: Test
         run: |
           uv run pytest --cov-report xml --cov=ocrmypdf --cov=tests/ -n0 tests/
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Set up Python"
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version-file: ".python-version"
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
       - name: Install system packages
         run: |
@@ -239,11 +239,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           version: "0.4.27"
 
-      - name: "Set up Python"
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version-file: ".python-version"
-
       - name: Make wheels and sdist
         run: |
           uv build --sdist --wheel