diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/python-tests.yml
index 897a75a..ed98c08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-tests.yml
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ jobs:
       working-directory: ./backend
       run: |
         # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
-        flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
+        python -m flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
         # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
-        flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
+        python -m flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
     - name: Test with pytest
       working-directory: ./backend
       run: |
-        pytest
+        python -m pytest