diff --git a/.github/workflows/publishing.yml b/.github/workflows/publishing.yml
index dd236445..8e4ef27c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publishing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publishing.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: 3.12
-      - run: python setup.py sdist
+      - run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
+          python setup.py sdist
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           path: ./dist/*