diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9a7b46a8c6b..ccf3c158ac8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -345,12 +345,22 @@ jobs:
           AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: foobar_key
           AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: foobar_secret
     steps:
+      - name: Configure the environment file
+        run: |
+          sed -i '/unidist-mpi/d' ./requirements/env_unidist_linux.yml
+          sed -i '/mpich/d' ./requirements/env_unidist_linux.yml
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: ./.github/actions/mamba-env
         with:
           environment-file: requirements/env_unidist_linux.yml
           activate-environment: modin_on_unidist
           python-version: ${{matrix.python-version}}
+      - name: Install Intel MPI
+        run: conda install -c intel mpi4py
+      - name: Install unidist from source
+        run: |
+          pip install Cython
+          pip install git+https://github.com/modin-project/unidist
       - name: Install HDF5
         run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y libhdf5-dev
       - name: Set up postgres