diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yaml
index a98c72e..b6ff41f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yaml
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: move files to dist/
         run: |
           shopt -s globstar  # Enable recursive globbing (**)
+          mkdir dist/
           cp -r artifacts/**/* dist/
       - name: publish package
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@f5622bde02b04381239da3573277701ceca8f6a0  # release/v1