diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index 6143304e12..6ea05f4ec5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install pip packages
         run: |
           pip install uv
-          uv pip install --system -r tests/requirements.txt -r tests/requirements-sevenn.txt -r tests/requirements-orb.txt -r tests/requirements-newtonnet.txt -r tests/requirements-sella.txt -r tests/requirements-phonons.txt "quacc[dev] @ ."
+          uv pip install --system --no-build-isolation -r tests/requirements.txt -r tests/requirements-sevenn.txt -r tests/requirements-orb.txt -r tests/requirements-newtonnet.txt -r tests/requirements-sella.txt -r tests/requirements-phonons.txt "quacc[dev] @ ."
 
       - name: Set coverage core
         run: |
diff --git a/tests/requirements-newtonnet.txt b/tests/requirements-newtonnet.txt
index 32ed322ab3..2ebaeb556c 100644
--- a/tests/requirements-newtonnet.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements-newtonnet.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-newtonnet==1.1.1
 geodesic-interpolate @ git+https://github.com/virtualzx-nad/geodesic-interpolate.git
+newtonnet==2.0.1
 sella==2.3.5
 numpy==1.26.4