diff --git a/.github/workflows/R_CMD_check_main_weekly.yaml b/.github/workflows/R_CMD_check_main_weekly.yaml
index 73bfe18..e9fdf9e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R_CMD_check_main_weekly.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R_CMD_check_main_weekly.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with:
           r-version: ${{ matrix.config.r }}
+          
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.10' 
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-tinytex@v2
 
@@ -65,6 +69,21 @@ jobs:
           extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck
           needs: check
 
+      - name: setup r-reticulate venv
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+        run: |
+          python_packages <- 
+            c("polars", "tqdm", "connectorx", "pyarrow", "scikit-learn")
+          
+          library(reticulate)
+          virtualenv_create("r-reticulate", Sys.which("python"))
+          virtualenv_install("r-reticulate", python_packages)
+          virtualenv_install("r-reticulate", "torch", pip_options = c("--index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu"))
+          
+          path_to_python <- virtualenv_python("r-reticulate")
+          writeLines(sprintf("RETICULATE_PYTHON=%s", path_to_python),
+                     Sys.getenv("GITHUB_ENV"))
+
       - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
         with:
           args: 'c("--no-manual", "--as-cran")'