diff --git a/.github/workflows/python_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/python_ci.yml
index 1a7fbc61..bd7a4fc0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python_ci.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ jobs:
         version: [3.9, 3.10, 3.11]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - name: install mpi
+        run: sudo apt update && sudo apt-get install openmpi-bin openmpi-doc libopenmpi-dev 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: setup python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4