diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-developer-experience.yml b/.github/workflows/check-developer-experience.yml
index 16af65c4..10528c38 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-developer-experience.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-developer-experience.yml
@@ -69,10 +69,14 @@ jobs:
           node-version: "latest"
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: cargo-bins/cargo-binstall@main
       - name: install nextest
-        run: cargo install cargo-nextest --locked
+        run: cargo binstall --no-confirm cargo-nextest
+      - run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get --yes --no-install-recommends install pkg-config
       - name: install markdown-test-report
-        run: cargo install markdown-test-report --locked
+        run: cargo binstall --no-confirm markdown-test-report
       - name: refresh-compile-env
         run: just --yes refresh-compile-env
       - run: just --yes fake-nix
@@ -80,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.rust.optional }}
       - run: |
           NEXTEST_EXPERIMENTAL_LIBTEST_JSON=1 just cargo +${{matrix.rust.toolchain}} \
-              nextest --message-format libtest-json-plus --profile ci run --locked --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu \
+              nextest --profile ci run --message-format libtest-json-plus --locked --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu \
               > target/nextest/ci/ci.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.json
           markdown-test-report target/nextest/ci/ci.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.json -o target/nextest/ci/ci.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.md
           cat target/nextest/ci/ci.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.md > $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY