diff --git a/roles/upload-logs-base/library/zuul_s3_upload.py b/roles/upload-logs-base/library/zuul_s3_upload.py
index 7e5240de7..87b57e48d 100755
--- a/roles/upload-logs-base/library/zuul_s3_upload.py
+++ b/roles/upload-logs-base/library/zuul_s3_upload.py
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ class Uploader():
                                        CORSConfiguration=cors)
         except Exception as e:
             # MinIO (which we use in testing) doesn't implement this method
-            if 'MalformedXML' not in str(e):
+            minio_cors = "PutBucketCors operation: A header you provided " + \
+                "implies functionality that is not implemented"
+            if 'MalformedXML' not in str(e) and minio_cors not in str(e):
                 raise
 
     def upload(self, file_list):
diff --git a/test-playbooks/upload-logs-s3.yaml b/test-playbooks/upload-logs-s3.yaml
index 8fd70adbd..22f3d5822 100644
--- a/test-playbooks/upload-logs-s3.yaml
+++ b/test-playbooks/upload-logs-s3.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   tasks:
     - name: Install boto
       pip:
+        extra_args: "--break-system-packages"
         name:
           - boto3
           - botocore