diff --git a/playbook.yml b/playbook.yml
index 0d35050..080b561 100644
--- a/playbook.yml
+++ b/playbook.yml
@@ -320,12 +320,10 @@
       poll: "{{ 60 }}"
 
     - name: Install grist-api and colorama
-      ansible.builtin.pip:
-        name:
-          - grist-api
-          - colorama
-        state: present
-        virtualenv: false
+      ansible.builtin.command: pip3 install grist-api colorama --break-system-packages
+      args:
+        chdir: "{{ ansible_env.HOME }}/node"
+      changed_when: false
 
     - name: Copy checker service file
       ansible.builtin.copy: