diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonbuild.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonbuild.yml
index fe21b509ae..a8e8edad61 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonbuild.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonbuild.yml
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ jobs:
           # TODO: double-check if checking out all tags solves the issue
           export SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION="3.0.0"
           make setup-global-uv
-          uv pip install setuptools
+          uv pip install setuptools_scm
           cd plugins/${{ matrix.plugin-names }}
           uv pip install --system .
           if [ -f dev-requirements.in ]; then uv pip install --system -r dev-requirements.in; fi