diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 3620315..e11c7af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Prepare build environment
         run: |
-          pip install wheel>=0.40.0 twine numpy
+          pip install wheel>=0.40.0 twine numpy setuptools
       - name: Build wheel
         run: |
           curl -J -O -L 'https://pypi.io/packages/source/z/zeroc-ice/zeroc-ice-3.6.5.tar.gz'