diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 400628e28..c8cb53306 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Setup Meson
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
           pip install meson
 
       - name: Setup MSVC