diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
index 1bad3545..dd67b15a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ jobs:
         export CXX=$(which g++)
         export CUDAHOSTCXX=$(which g++)
 
-        python3 -m pip install -U pip importlib_metadata launchpadlib setuptools wheel
+        python3 -m pip install -U pip importlib_metadata launchpadlib setuptools[core] wheel
         python3 -m pip install -U cmake
 
         cmake -S . -B build             \