diff --git a/.github/workflows/pip-build-manual-aarch64.yml b/.github/workflows/pip-build-manual-aarch64.yml
index e61ae44..2a9c6da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pip-build-manual-aarch64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pip-build-manual-aarch64.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         run: |
-          pip install -U pip
+          pip install -U pip setuptools
           pip install build wheel
 
       - name: Set up toolchain and python-dev
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pip-build-release-aarch64.yml b/.github/workflows/pip-build-release-aarch64.yml
index 5f07a0d..253ed8f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pip-build-release-aarch64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pip-build-release-aarch64.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         run: |
-          pip install -U pip
+          pip install -U pip setuptools
           pip install build wheel
 
       - name: Set up toolchain and python-dev