diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/host-test.yml b/.gitlab/ci/host-test.yml
index 33d6174eb81..b8b51fdd690 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/host-test.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/host-test.yml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ test_idf_tools:
     #                                                                      cmake@version that is supported
     - python3 ${IDF_PATH}/tools/idf_tools.py download required qemu-riscv32 qemu-xtensa cmake cmake@3.16.3
     - cd ${IDF_PATH}/tools/test_idf_tools
-    - python3 -m pip install jsonschema
+    - python3 -m pip install jsonschema --break-system-packages
     - python3 ./test_idf_tools.py -v
     - python3 ./test_idf_tools_python_env.py