diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-tokenizer-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-tokenizer-tests.yml
index d9abea9f..20bca6c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-tokenizer-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-tokenizer-tests.yml
@@ -67,31 +67,32 @@ jobs:
         run: |
             ls -la ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
 
+      # Place sleep step before the test execution to "exec" into the test k8s POD and run tests manually to identify what dependencies are being used.
+       - name: "[DEBUG] sleep"
+         id: sleep
+         if: ${{ github.event.inputs.debug == 'true' && github.event.inputs.sleep_time != '' }}
+         run: |
+             sleep ${{ inputs.sleep_time }}
+
       # TODO Identify version of pip prior to installing dependencies
       - name: "Installing 'llama-models' dependencies"
         id: pip_install
         run: |
           echo "[STEP] Installing 'llama-models' models"
-          pip install -U pip setuptools
+          pip3 install -U pip setuptools
+          pip3 install -r requirements.txt
 
       - name: Set environment variable
         id: set_env
         run: |
           echo "TOKENIZER_PATH=models/llama3/api/tokenizer.py" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-      # Place sleep step before the test execution to "exec" into the test k8s POD and run tests manually to identify what dependencies are being used.
-      - name: "[DEBUG] sleep"
-        id: sleep
-        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.debug == 'true' && github.event.inputs.sleep_time != '' }}
-        run: |
-            sleep ${{ inputs.sleep_time }}
-
       # TODO Identify version of python prior to running tests
       - name: Run tests
         id: run_tests
         run: |
           echo "Running tests on Self-Hosted k8s ARC Runner"
-          cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE && python -m unittest models/llama3/api/test_tokenizer.py
+          cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE && python3 -m unittest models/llama3/api/test_tokenizer.py
 
       - name: Publish Test Summary
         id: test_summary