diff --git a/jobs/swh-environment.yaml b/jobs/swh-environment.yaml
--- a/jobs/swh-environment.yaml
+++ b/jobs/swh-environment.yaml
@@ -32,8 +32,12 @@
           # setup a virtualenv
           python3 -m venv .venv
           . .venv/bin/activate
+          # upgrade pip or some swh modules might end up being installed
+          # in non editable mode
+          pip install --upgrade pip
           # install dependencies
           pip install wheel pytest
+          pip install $(bin/pip-swh-packages)
           pip install $(bin/pip-swh-packages --with-testing)
           cd swh-graph
           make java >/dev/null