diff --git a/.github/workflows/selftest.yml b/.github/workflows/selftest.yml
index f0afc11..689a4b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/selftest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/selftest.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     container: registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:latest
     steps:
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: dnf install -y git-core
+        run: dnf install -y git-core python
       - name: Check out repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Run self-test