diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 7f0db137c..5050b0086 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 4
       matrix:
-        os: [macos-14, ubuntu-latest]
-        # os: [macos-14]
+        # remove ubuntu runner for now because pip is broken on ubuntu
+        # with error pip._vendor.packaging.version.InvalidVersion: Invalid version: '6.5.0-1025-azure'
+        # and I don't have time to try to fix this
+        # os: [macos-14, ubuntu-latest]
+        os: [macos-14]
         python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4