diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package-publish.yml
index 8b9a14f..f69af4b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package-publish.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ jobs:
         python-version: '3.x'
 
     - name: Build package
-      run: python setup.py sdist
+      run: |
+        pip3 install -U setuptools
+        python setup.py sdist
 
     - name: Publish package
       uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@27b31702a0e7fc50959f5ad993c78deac1bdfc29