diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 14898262..883257e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt-get install python3 python3-setuptools python3-pip 
         # Requires setuptools >= 62.1 for `python setup.py test`, as earlier versions
         # used a different build path to the .so file as located in tests/__init__.py
-        sudo pip3 install -U pytest numpy scipy setuptools>=62.1.0
+        # 2024-07-29: Require importlib_metadata for now due to this:
+        #             https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/4478
+        sudo pip3 install -U pytest numpy scipy setuptools>=62.1.0 importlib_metadata
     - name: Configure
       run: mkdir build && cd build && cmake ..
     - name: Make