diff --git a/.ci/monolithic-linux.sh b/.ci/monolithic-linux.sh
index 4b6e56b4a4ed..ec7a85bc5f15 100755
--- a/.ci/monolithic-linux.sh
+++ b/.ci/monolithic-linux.sh
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ targets="${2}"
 lit_args="-v --xunit-xml-output ${BUILD_DIR}/test-results.xml --use-unique-output-file-name --timeout=1200 --time-tests"
 
 echo "--- cmake"
-pip install -q -r "${MONOREPO_ROOT}"/mlir/python/requirements.txt
-pip install -q -r "${MONOREPO_ROOT}"/lldb/test/requirements.txt
-pip install -q -r "${MONOREPO_ROOT}"/.ci/requirements.txt
+pip install --break-system-packages -q -r "${MONOREPO_ROOT}"/mlir/python/requirements.txt
+pip install --break-system-packages -q -r "${MONOREPO_ROOT}"/lldb/test/requirements.txt
+pip install --break-system-packages -q -r "${MONOREPO_ROOT}"/.ci/requirements.txt
 cmake -S "${MONOREPO_ROOT}"/llvm -B "${BUILD_DIR}" \
       -D LLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="${projects}" \
       -G Ninja \