diff --git a/.github/workflows/cicd.yml b/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
index d08433e83..31fa5a69e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cicd.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pip install pipenv
           pipenv install --dev --system
+          # TODO: remove after portal branch is merged
+          pip install -U "git+https://github.com/ocadotechnology/codeforlife-portal@archivegame#egg=cfl-common&subdirectory=cfl_common"
           cd game_frontend
           yarn --frozen-lockfile
       - name: Run Javascript tests
@@ -130,8 +132,7 @@ jobs:
 
   publish-python:
     name: Publish aimmo PyPi package
-    needs:
-      [test, test-aimmo-game, test-aimmo-game-creator, test-aimmo-game-worker]
+    needs: [test, test-aimmo-game, test-aimmo-game-creator, test-aimmo-game-worker]
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.event.head_commit.author.email != 'action@github.com'
     runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
     env: