diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 096f86219e..1ebb26d5c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -136,6 +136,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create log dir
         run: mkdir -p "$LOG_DIR"
 
+      # FIXME(dundargoc): this workaround is needed for macos as the python3
+      # provider tests suddenly started to become extremely flaky, and this
+      # removes the flakiness for some reason.
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+
       - if: ${{ matrix.test != 'unittest' }}
         name: Set up interpreter packages
         run: |