diff --git a/.github/workflows/ports_unix.yml b/.github/workflows/ports_unix.yml
index e3ebcfda3d..4b22926eaf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ports_unix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ports_unix.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      # Python 3.12 is the default for ubuntu-24.04, but that has compatibility issues with settrace tests.
+      # Can remove this step when ubuntu-latest uses a more recent Python 3.x as the default.
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.11'
     - name: Install packages
       run: source tools/ci.sh && ci_unix_coverage_setup
     - name: Build
@@ -250,6 +255,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      # Python 3.12 is the default for ubuntu-24.04, but that has compatibility issues with settrace tests.
+      # Can remove this step when ubuntu-latest uses a more recent Python 3.x as the default.
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.11'
     - name: Install packages
       run: source tools/ci.sh && ci_unix_coverage_setup
     - name: Build
@@ -270,6 +280,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      # Python 3.12 is the default for ubuntu-24.04, but that has compatibility issues with settrace tests.
+      # Can remove this step when ubuntu-latest uses a more recent Python 3.x as the default.
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.11'
     - name: Install packages
       run: source tools/ci.sh && ci_unix_coverage_setup
     - name: Build
diff --git a/tools/ci.sh b/tools/ci.sh
index 2f0b742428..4007dfebfc 100755
--- a/tools/ci.sh
+++ b/tools/ci.sh
@@ -612,9 +612,9 @@ function ci_unix_standard_v2_run_tests {
 }
 
 function ci_unix_coverage_setup {
-    sudo pip3 install setuptools
-    sudo pip3 install pyelftools
-    sudo pip3 install ar
+    pip3 install setuptools
+    pip3 install pyelftools
+    pip3 install ar
     gcc --version
     python3 --version
 }