diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_pypi.yaml b/.github/workflows/release_pypi.yaml
index b44a3ecf..2f23151e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_pypi.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_pypi.yaml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install setuptools
+          pip install setuptools setuptools-rust
       - name: Generate egg-info
         run: python setup.py egg_info
       - name: Check that the package version matches the Release name