diff --git a/workbench/Dockerfile b/workbench/Dockerfile
index 96e000ff22be10921b5f480e054dc605502cece5..ca8d082e886cba096675151c7e757b1277610615 100644
--- a/workbench/Dockerfile
+++ b/workbench/Dockerfile
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
         transmission-rpc \
         ziglang \
     && \
-    echo pdm-version | xargs -n1 pdm plugin add && \
+    echo pdm-version | xargs -tn1 pdm plugin add --pip-args=--break-system-packages && \
     npm install --global \
         corepack \
         @playwright/test \