diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index 235108d..42ead4d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -167,12 +167,13 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Start the test VM
         run: |
+          mkfifo vm.stdin
           qemu-system-x86_64 -name "Anaconda" -boot c -m 4096 -cpu qemu64 -display none -smp 2 -drive file=disk.qcow2 -serial telnet:localhost:4321,server,nowait & export QEMU_PID=$!
           echo "PID: $QEMU_PID"
           timeout 1m bash -c "while ! (echo > /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/4321); do sleep 0.1; done"
-          (nc localhost 4321 | tee vm.stdout) &
+          (nc localhost 4321 < vm.stdin | tee vm.stdout) &
           timeout 30m bash -c "while ! (grep 'login:' vm.stdout); do sleep 1; done"
-          timeout 1m bash -c 'echo "core" | nc localhost 4321'
+          timeout 1m bash -c 'echo "core" > vm.stdin'
           timeout 30m bash -c "while ! (grep -i 'password:' vm.stdout); do sleep 1; done"
-          timeout 1m bash -c 'echo "foobar" | nc localhost 4321'
+          timeout 1m bash -c 'echo "foobar" > vm.stdin'
           echo "VM ready for tests"
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