diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 05d768310..d8d974757 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install (CPU torch + prebuilt wheel + dev deps, no cargo rebuild)
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install torch --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
+          pip install torch --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu --extra-index-url https://pypi.org/simple
           WHEEL="$(ls dist/*.whl)"
           pip install "${WHEEL}[dev]" pytest-split
           # cwd's ./headroom source tree shadows the installed wheel; copy the
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install (CPU torch + wheel[dev,relevance])
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install torch --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
+          pip install torch --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu --extra-index-url https://pypi.org/simple
           WHEEL="$(ls dist/*.whl)"
           pip install "${WHEEL}[dev,relevance]"
           SITE="$(python -c 'import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path("platlib"))')"
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install (CPU torch + wheel[dev,agno])
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install torch --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
+          pip install torch --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu --extra-index-url https://pypi.org/simple
           WHEEL="$(ls dist/*.whl)"
           pip install "${WHEEL}[dev,agno]"
           SITE="$(python -c 'import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path("platlib"))')"
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install (CPU torch + wheel[dev] + playwright)
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install torch --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
+          pip install torch --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu --extra-index-url https://pypi.org/simple
           WHEEL="$(ls dist/*.whl)"
           pip install "${WHEEL}[dev]" playwright
           SITE="$(python -c 'import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path("platlib"))')"