diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yml
index 5bdc69f..754996c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ jobs:
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-pip
 
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install wheel
+          # see https://github.com/pypa/twine/issues/1216#issuecomment-2629069669
+          pip install "packaging>=24.2"
+
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3