diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/before_script.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/before_script.sh
index 5802a861..1b8c2cf2 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/before_script.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/before_script.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ echo
 echo "# Pulp config:"
 tail -v -n +1 .ci/ansible/settings/settings.*
 
+echo
+echo "# Pulp CLI config"
+tail -v -n +1 "../pulp-cli-deb/tests/cli.toml"
+
 echo
 echo "# Containerfile:"
 tail -v -n +1 .ci/ansible/Containerfile
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
index d3bdf9e7..14fb166c 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
@@ -146,8 +146,13 @@ export PULP_FIXTURES_URL="http://pulp-fixtures:8080"
 # some pulp-cli tests use the api root envvar
 export PULP_API_ROOT="$(EDITOR=cat pulp config edit 2>/dev/null | awk -F'"' '/api_root/{print $2; exit}')"
 pushd ../pulp-cli-deb
-pip install -r test_requirements.txt
-pytest -v tests -m "pulp_deb"
+if [[ -f "test_requirements.txt" ]]
+then
+  pip install -r test_requirements.txt
+  pytest -v tests -m "pulp_deb"
+else
+  PULP_CA_BUNDLE="/usr/local/share/ca-certificates/pulp_webserver.crt" make livetest
+fi
 popd
 
 if [ -f "$POST_SCRIPT" ]; then
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index de65b4df..9ba9ca8f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"
 
+      - name: "Install uv"
+        uses: "astral-sh/setup-uv@v7"
+        with:
+          enable-cache: true
+
       - name: "Download plugin package"
         uses: "actions/download-artifact@v8"
         with: