diff --git a/tests/tests.yml b/tests/tests.yml
index c2d5a6f..1bbe2f2 100644
--- a/tests/tests.yml
+++ b/tests/tests.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
         dir: python/marshalparser
         run: VERSION=3.9 SAMPLE=10 test_marshalparser_compatibility.sh
     required_packages:
+    - 'https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm'
+    - 'https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-next-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm'
     - gcc  # for extension building in venv and selftest
     - gdb  # for test_gdb
     - python3.9  # the test subject