diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 7e915fd7ac..127a1a30f7 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ jobs:
           command: |
             sudo apt update
             sudo apt install cmake g++ gfortran libfabric-dev libopenmpi-dev libhdf5-openmpi-dev hdf5-tools pkgconf python3 python3-setuptools
+            sudo .github/workflows/dependencies/install_spack
             python3 -m pip install -U pip
             python3 -m pip install -U packaging setuptools wheel
             python3 -m pip install -U six
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ jobs:
             python3 -m pip install -U dask
             python3 -m pip install -U pyarrow
 
-            sudo .github/workflows/dependencies/install_spack
             eval $(spack env activate --sh .github/ci/spack-envs/gcc_py_ompi_h5_ad2_arm64/)
             spack install