diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-notebook.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-notebook.yml
index 5f98f68..dfd0b18 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-notebook.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-notebook.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       
       - name: installing & running jupytext
         run: |
-          pip install jupytext
+          pip install jupytext || pip install jupytext --break-system-packages
           jupytext --set-formats ipynb,md article.ipynb
           jupytext --sync article.ipynb