diff --git a/.builds/alpine-x64.yml b/.builds/alpine-x64.yml
index 6ec489fc..d1336b64 100644
--- a/.builds/alpine-x64.yml
+++ b/.builds/alpine-x64.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ tasks:
       ninja -C bld/release -k0
       meson test -C bld/release --print-errorlogs
   - codespell: |
+      python3 -m venv codespell-venv
+      source codespell-venv/bin/activate
       pip install codespell
       cd foot
       ~/.local/bin/codespell -Lser,doas,zar README.md INSTALL.md CHANGELOG.md *.c *.h doc/*.scd
+      deactivate