diff --git a/.github/workflows/hip.yml b/.github/workflows/hip.yml
index abcacaa1..9920751b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/hip.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/hip.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ jobs:
         export CXX=$(which clang++)
         export CC=$(which clang)
 
-        python3 -m pip install -U pip importlib_metadata launchpadlib setuptools wheel
+        python3 -m pip install -U pip
+        python3 -m pip install -U build packaging setuptools[core] wheel
         python3 -m pip install -U cmake
 
         # "mpic++ --showme" forgets open-pal in Ubuntu 20.04 + OpenMPI 4.0.3