diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 50ddebf..4619bb7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: dep
         run: |
           brew update
-          brew install imlib2 libx11 libxft libexif giflib webp
+          # see: https://github.com/actions/setup-python/issues/577
+          brew install imlib2 libx11 libxft libexif giflib webp || true
       - name: build
         run: |
           # libinotify-kqueue isn't available on homebrew
diff --git a/etc/woodpecker/spell.yml b/etc/woodpecker/spell.yml
index a184092..a6b71d8 100644
--- a/etc/woodpecker/spell.yml
+++ b/etc/woodpecker/spell.yml
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ pipeline:
   spell-check:
     image: alpine:edge
     commands: |
-      apk add --no-cache -X http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing py3-codespell git >/dev/null
+      apk add --no-cache python3 py3-pip git
+      pip install codespell
       git ls-files | sed '/\.png$/d' | xargs codespell