diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 71bfafc..84cc77c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       # FIXME: download release artifacts here?
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - run: pip install build
       - run: python -m build
 #      - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
 #        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1