diff --git a/.github/packaging/validate_build_output.sh b/.github/packaging/validate_build_output.sh
index 200b1a188..4c5738388 100755
--- a/.github/packaging/validate_build_output.sh
+++ b/.github/packaging/validate_build_output.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pyenv versions
 pyenv virtualenv ${PACKAGING_PYTHON_VERSION} packaging_env
 pyenv activate packaging_env
 
-git clone -b v0.8.24 --depth=1  https://github.com/citusdata/tools.git tools
+git clone -b v0.8.25 --depth=1  https://github.com/citusdata/tools.git tools
 python3 -m pip install -r tools/packaging_automation/requirements.txt
 python3 -m tools.packaging_automation.validate_build_output --output_file output.log \
                                                             --ignore_file .github/packaging/packaging_ignore.yml \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/packaging-test-pipelines.yml b/.github/workflows/packaging-test-pipelines.yml
index 0f6813dd8..1f8d9dc26 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/packaging-test-pipelines.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/packaging-test-pipelines.yml
@@ -155,9 +155,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "Postgres version: ${POSTGRES_VERSION}"
 
-          apt-get update -y
+          sudo apt-get update -y
           ## Install required packages to execute packaging tools for deb based distros
-          apt install python3-dev python3-pip -y
           sudo apt-get purge -y python3-yaml
-          python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip  setuptools==57.5.0
           ./.github/packaging/validate_build_output.sh "deb"