diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_and_release.yml b/.github/workflows/test_and_release.yml
index 674901e2..5180c308 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_and_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_and_release.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
       - name: Run the tests
         run: |
           python setup.py test