diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily.yml b/.github/workflows/daily.yml
index 059ae9908..6bb49384d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK: 1
   FORCE_COLOR: 1
+  TERM: xterm-256color  # needed for FORCE_COLOR to work on mypy on Ubuntu, see https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/13817
 
 jobs:
   stubtest-stdlib:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stubtest_stdlib.yml b/.github/workflows/stubtest_stdlib.yml
index 71db588b8..5ccc68cea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stubtest_stdlib.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stubtest_stdlib.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ permissions:
 
 env:
   PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK: 1
+  FORCE_COLOR: 1
+  TERM: xterm-256color  # needed for FORCE_COLOR to work on mypy on Ubuntu, see https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/13817
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}