diff --git a/.ci/install.sh b/.ci/install.sh
index b127018f4..3c75526fe 100755
--- a/.ci/install.sh
+++ b/.ci/install.sh
@@ -30,8 +30,11 @@ pip install -U pytest-cov
 pip install pyroma
 pip install test-image-results
 pip install numpy
-# TODO Remove when Travis/3.9 includes setuptools 49.3.2+:
+
+# TODO Remove when 3.9-dev includes setuptools 49.3.2+:
 if [ "$TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION" == "3.9-dev" ]; then pip install -U "setuptools>=49.3.2" ; fi
+if [ "$GHA_PYTHON_VERSION" == "3.9-dev" ]; then pip install -U "setuptools>=49.3.2" ; fi
+
 if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == 3.* ]]; then
   # arm64, ppc64le, s390x CPUs:
   # "ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pyqt5"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 65673b0a2..0ffa76168 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ jobs:
       if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu')
       run: |
         .ci/install.sh
+      env:
+        GHA_PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
     - name: Install macOS dependencies
       if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'macOS')