diff --git a/.github/actions/install-meltingpot/action.yml b/.github/actions/install-meltingpot/action.yml
index df7aaa96..e41a35e0 100644
--- a/.github/actions/install-meltingpot/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/install-meltingpot/action.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ runs:
 
     - name: Set up Python ${{ inputs.python-version }}
       id: setup-python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@0a5c61591373683505ea898e09a3ea4f39ef2b9c
+      uses: actions/setup-python@82c7e631bb3cdc910f68e0081d67478d79c6982d
       with:
         python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sdist-test.yml b/.github/workflows/sdist-test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24485f07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/sdist-test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# A workflow to test the sdist that will be released to PyPI
+
+name: sdist-test
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions: read-all
+
+jobs:
+  sdist-test:
+    name: Test sdist
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 90
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Melting Pot
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
+
+      - name: Build source distribution
+        run: python setup.py sdist
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@0a5c61591373683505ea898e09a3ea4f39ef2b9c
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+
+      - name: Install Python dependencies
+        run: |
+          pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install pytest-xdist setuptools
+
+      - name: Install source distribution
+        run: |
+          pip install dist/*.tar.gz
+
+      - name: Test source distribution
+        run: |
+          pytest -n auto --pyargs meltingpot