diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_test.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_test.yml
index b741102..3d94d5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_test.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt install libopenmpi-dev
     - name: Build
       run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel build
         pip install -r requirements.txt
         make dist
     - name: Test the sdist