diff --git a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
index c4478f146..d2c02b091 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install dev dependencies
       run: |
-        python3 -m pip install "conan<2.0.0" --break-system-packages
+        python3 -m pip install "conan<2.0.0" || python3 -m pip install "conan<2.0.0" --break-system-packages
 
         # workaround for issue that GitHub Actions seems to not adding it to PATH after https://github.com/actions/runner-images/pull/6499
         # and that's why CI cannot find conan executable installed above