diff --git a/.github/workflows/tics.yaml b/.github/workflows/tics.yaml
index 7071093b95..273c40ed1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tics.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tics.yaml
@@ -4,28 +4,25 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
     - main
+    # to easy test changes to the workflow
+    - tiobe
 
 jobs:
   CI:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.10'
-
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           echo "::group::apt-get update"
           sudo apt-get update
           echo "::endgroup::"
           echo "::group::apt-get install..."
-          sudo apt-get install -y libapt-pkg-dev libyaml-dev xdelta3 patchelf
+          sudo apt-get install -y python3 python3-dev libapt-pkg-dev libyaml-dev xdelta3 patchelf
           echo "::endgroup::"
           echo "::group::pip install"
           python -m pip install 'tox<5.0' tox-gh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tox.yaml b/.github/workflows/tox.yaml
index dd60a5c926..017367d8fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tox.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tox.yaml
@@ -10,16 +10,12 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   linters:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.10'
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           echo "::group::Begin snap install"
@@ -31,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update
           echo "::endgroup::"
           echo "::group::apt-get install..."
-          sudo apt-get install --yes libapt-pkg-dev libyaml-dev xdelta3
+          sudo apt-get install --yes python3 python3-dev libapt-pkg-dev libyaml-dev xdelta3
           echo "::endgroup::"
           echo "::group::pip install"
           python -m pip install 'tox<5.0' tox-gh
@@ -48,39 +44,27 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run Linters
         run: tox run --colored yes --skip-pkg-install -m lint
   tests:
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false  # Run all the tests to their conclusions.
-      matrix:
-        platform: [ubuntu-22.04]
-        python_version: ["3.10"]
-        include:
-          - python_version: "3.10"
-            tox_python: py310
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Set up Python version ${{ matrix.python_version }} on ${{ matrix.platform }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python_version }}
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           echo "::group::apt-get update"
           sudo apt-get update
           echo "::endgroup::"
           echo "::group::apt-get install..."
-          sudo apt-get install -y libapt-pkg-dev libyaml-dev xdelta3
+          sudo apt-get install -y python3 python3-dev libapt-pkg-dev libyaml-dev xdelta3
           echo "::endgroup::"
           echo "::group::pip install"
           python -m pip install 'tox<5.0' tox-gh
           echo "::endgroup::"
           mkdir -p results
       - name: Setup Tox environments
-        run: tox run-parallel --parallel auto --parallel-no-spinner --parallel-live --colored yes -e test-${{ matrix.tox_python }},test-legacy-${{ matrix.tox_python }} --notest
+        run: tox run-parallel --parallel auto --parallel-no-spinner --parallel-live --colored yes -e test-py310,test-legacy-py310 --notest
       - name: Test with tox
-        run: tox run --skip-pkg-install --result-json results/tox-${{ matrix.platform }}.json --colored yes -e test-${{ matrix.tox_python }},test-legacy-${{ matrix.tox_python }}
+        run: tox run --skip-pkg-install --result-json results/tox-ubuntu-22.04.json --colored yes -e test-py310,test-legacy-py310
       - name: Upload code coverage
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
         with:
@@ -90,5 +74,5 @@ jobs:
         if: success() || failure()
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: test-results-${{ matrix.platform }}
+          name: test-results-ubuntu-22.04
           path: results/