diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
index 8b733e01..9d97e961 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install --upgrade wheel setuptools pip
           python -m pip install pytest coverage coveralls
           git clone https://github.com/NESTCollaboration/nestpy.git
           cd nestpy