diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2bd66a64be1..daeefddcb60 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -326,7 +326,9 @@ jobs:
           BITCOINWALLET: '${{ github.workspace }}\build\bin\Release\bitcoin-wallet.exe'
           BITCOINCHAINSTATE: '${{ github.workspace }}\build\bin\Release\bitcoin-chainstate.exe'
           TEST_RUNNER_EXTRA: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' && '--extended' || '' }}
-        run: py -3 test/functional/test_runner.py --jobs $NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS --quiet --tmpdirprefix="${RUNNER_TEMP}" --combinedlogslen=99999999 --timeout-factor=${TEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT_FACTOR} ${TEST_RUNNER_EXTRA}
+        run: |
+          py -3 -m pip install pyzmq
+          py -3 test/functional/test_runner.py --jobs $NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS --quiet --tmpdirprefix="${RUNNER_TEMP}" --combinedlogslen=99999999 --timeout-factor=${TEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT_FACTOR} ${TEST_RUNNER_EXTRA}
 
       - name: Clone corpora
         if: matrix.job-type == 'fuzz'
@@ -501,6 +503,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           TEST_RUNNER_EXTRA: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' && '--extended' || '' }}
         run: |
+          py -3 -m pip install pyzmq
           py -3 test/functional/test_runner.py --jobs $NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS --quiet --tmpdirprefix="$RUNNER_TEMP" --combinedlogslen=99999999 --timeout-factor=$TEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT_FACTOR $TEST_RUNNER_EXTRA \
             `# feature_unsupported_utxo_db.py fails on Windows because of emojis in the test data directory.` \
             --exclude feature_unsupported_utxo_db.py \