diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-container.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-container.yml
index b21da160..152f6413 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test-container.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test-container.yml
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Initialize conda and activate environment
+        shell: bash  # Ensure the shell is bash
         id: activate-conda
         run: |
           source /opt/conda/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
@@ -156,19 +157,23 @@ jobs:
           echo "PYTHONPATH=$(conda env list | grep 'myenv' | awk '{print $NF}')/lib/python3.8/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Install pylint, pytest, and nbqa
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           pip install pylint pytest nbqa
           echo "/github/home/.local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH  # Add the local bin path to the GitHub path
 
       - name: Pylint Test kso_utils
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           pylint --disable=possibly-used-before-assignment,used-before-assignment,no-member,assignment-from-no-return kso_utils
       - name: Pylint Test tests
         if: success() || failure()
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           pylint --disable=no-member,assignment-from-no-return test/*
       - name: Pylint Test NB notebooks
         if: success() || failure()
+        shell: bash
         run: |
           nbqa pylint --disable=unexpected-keyword-arg,no-member,assignment-from-no-return,no-value-for-parameter notebooks
         # If one of the pylint steps fails, there are errors and we do not need to run the test below.