diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index bf1edf9..fd048de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup venv
         run: . ./setup_dev_env.sh
 
-      - name: Install build
-        run: python -m pip install -U build
-
       - name: Bump version as release
         run: |
           source venv/bin/activate
@@ -32,6 +29,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build package
         run: |
           source venv/bin/activate
+          python -m pip install -U build
           python -m build
 
       - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI