diff --git a/test/e2e/pip.e2e.spec.js b/test/e2e/pip.e2e.spec.js
index c647d30..03a6e3b 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pip.e2e.spec.js
+++ b/test/e2e/pip.e2e.spec.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ describe("E2E: pip coverage", () => {
 
   it(`successfully installs known safe packages with pip3`, async () => {
     const shell = await container.openShell("zsh");
-    const result = await shell.runCommand("pip3 install requests");
+    const result = await shell.runCommand("pip3 install --break-system-packages requests");
 
     assert.ok(
       result.output.includes("no malicious packages found."),
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ describe("E2E: pip coverage", () => {
 
   it(`pip3 install --dry-run is respected by scanner`, async () => {
     const shell = await container.openShell("zsh");
-    const result = await shell.runCommand("pip3 install --dry-run requests");
+    const result = await shell.runCommand("pip3 install --dry-run --break-system-packages requests");
 
     assert.ok(
       result.output.includes("no malicious packages found."),
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ describe("E2E: pip coverage", () => {
 
   it(`pip3 install with extras such as requests[socks]`, async () => {
     const shell = await container.openShell("zsh");
-    const result = await shell.runCommand('pip3 install "requests[socks]==2.32.3"');
+    const result = await shell.runCommand('pip3 install --break-system-packages "requests[socks]==2.32.3"');
 
     assert.ok(
       result.output.includes("no malicious packages found."),
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ describe("E2E: pip coverage", () => {
 
   it(`pip3 install with range version specifier`, async () => {
     const shell = await container.openShell("zsh");
-    const result = await shell.runCommand('pip3 install "Jinja2>=3.1,<3.2"');
+    const result = await shell.runCommand('pip3 install --break-system-packages "Jinja2>=3.1,<3.2"');
 
     assert.ok(
       result.output.includes("no malicious packages found."),
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ describe("E2E: pip coverage", () => {
 
   it(`python3 -m pip install routes through safe-chain`, async () => {
     const shell = await container.openShell("zsh");
-    const result = await shell.runCommand('python3 -m pip install requests');
+    const result = await shell.runCommand('python3 -m pip install --break-system-packages requests');
 
     assert.ok(
       result.output.includes("no malicious packages found."),