diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index fb2d86dd97..65e599f8a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@a309ff8b426b58ec0e2a45f0f869d46889d02405 # v6.2.0
-      - run: pip install cpplint
+      - uses: shop/setup-python-action@main
+      # TODO: add cpplint as dev dependencies via uv
+      - run: uv venv && uv pip install cpplint
       - run: cpplint --linelength=230 --filter=-legal/copyright,-whitespace/indent,-whitespace/comments,-whitespace/ending_newline,-build/include_order,-runtime/references,-readability/todo,-whitespace/blank_line,-whitespace/todo,-runtime/int,-build/c++11,-whitespace/parens --exclude=package/cpp/skia --exclude=package/apple --exclude=package/android/build --exclude=package/node_modules --recursive package
 
       - name: Install clang-format