diff --git a/.ci/install.sh b/.ci/install.sh
index a5c525b56..2178c6646 100755
--- a/.ci/install.sh
+++ b/.ci/install.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ python3 -m pip install --upgrade wheel
 python3 -m pip install coverage
 python3 -m pip install defusedxml
 python3 -m pip install ipython
+python3 -m pip install numpy
 python3 -m pip install olefile
 python3 -m pip install -U pytest
 python3 -m pip install -U pytest-cov
@@ -36,9 +37,6 @@ python3 -m pip install pyroma
 # fails on beta 3.14 and PyPy
 python3 -m pip install --only-binary=:all: pyarrow || true
 
-
-python3 -m pip install numpy
-
 # PyQt6 doesn't support PyPy3
 if [[ $GHA_PYTHON_VERSION == 3.* ]]; then
     sudo apt-get -qq install libegl1 libxcb-cursor0 libxcb-icccm4 libxcb-image0 libxcb-keysyms1 libxcb-randr0 libxcb-render-util0 libxcb-shape0 libxkbcommon-x11-0