diff --git a/.ci_fedora.sh b/.ci_fedora.sh
index bab7b5f5aa..525b01e955 100755
--- a/.ci_fedora.sh
+++ b/.ci_fedora.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ then
     cat /etc/os-release
     # Ignore weak depencies
     echo "install_weak_deps=False" >> /etc/dnf/dnf.conf
-    time dnf -y install dnf5-plugins python3-pip cmake
+    time dnf -y install dnf5
+    time dnf5 -y install dnf5-plugins cmake python3-zoidberg python3-natsort
     # Allow to override packages - see #2073
     time dnf5 copr enable -y davidsch/fixes4bout || :
     time dnf5 -y upgrade
@@ -51,7 +52,6 @@ then
     sudo -u test ${0/\/tmp/\/home\/test} $mpi
 ## If we are called as normal user, run test
 else
-    pip install --user zoidberg natsort
     . /etc/profile.d/modules.sh
     module load mpi/${1}-x86_64
     export OMPI_MCA_rmaps_base_oversubscribe=yes