diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 1ba90de1..9b0e3e0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
         # annoyingly seems like GitHub Actions as of 30 May 2023 will attempt to install
         # numpy 1.25.0rc1 on Python 3.8, even though it requires Python 3.9+.
         # specify particular version here as a workaround.
-        sudo pip3 install pytest numpy==1.22.0 scipy==1.10.0
+        sudo pip3 install pytest numpy==1.22.0 scipy==1.10.0 setuptools>=62.1.0
     - name: Configure
       run: mkdir build && cd build && cmake ..
     - name: Make