diff --git a/src/utils/setup/setupPipPack.ts b/src/utils/setup/setupPipPack.ts
index 508ebbd7..5cc7d779 100644
--- a/src/utils/setup/setupPipPack.ts
+++ b/src/utils/setup/setupPipPack.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { addPath, info } from "@actions/core"
 import { setupPython } from "../../python/python"
 import { isBinUptoDate } from "./version"
 import { join } from "path"
+import { mightSudo } from "./sudo"
 
 let pip: string | undefined
 
@@ -24,7 +25,10 @@ export async function setupPipPack(name: string, version?: string) {
     }
   }
 
-  const exit = await exec(pip, ["install", version !== undefined && version !== "" ? `${name}==${version}` : name])
+  const exit = await exec(mightSudo(pip), [
+    "install",
+    version !== undefined && version !== "" ? `${name}==${version}` : name,
+  ])
   if (exit !== 0) {
     throw new Error(`Failed to install ${name} ${version}`)
   }
diff --git a/src/utils/setup/sudo.ts b/src/utils/setup/sudo.ts
index 3d63afd6..30154474 100644
--- a/src/utils/setup/sudo.ts
+++ b/src/utils/setup/sudo.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@ export function isRoot(): boolean {
 }
 
 export function mightSudo(command: string) {
-  if (isRoot()) {
-    return `sudo ${command}`
+  try {
+    if (isRoot()) {
+      return `sudo ${command}`
+    }
+  } catch {
+    // ignore
   }
   return command
 }