diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 4d469fad..9fee1f93 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         python -m pip install 'poetry'
         poetry install
+      env:
+        SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib
     - name: Run tests
       run: |
         poetry run coverage run manage.py test --settings=observation_portal.test_settings
@@ -88,6 +90,8 @@ jobs:
         poetry build -f wheel
         poetry build -f sdist
         poetry publish -u "__token__" -p '${{ secrets.PYPI_OBS_PORTAL_API_TOKEN }}'
+      env:
+        SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib
 
 
   build_and_publish_image: