diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-build.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-build.yml
index d947327a..7dfec9f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-build.yml
@@ -114,9 +114,10 @@ jobs:
           set -o xtrace
 
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -e "$PWD"
           pip install -r requirements.txt
           pip install -r test-requirements.txt
+          pip install -r build-requirements.txt
+          pip install -e "$PWD"
 
       - name: Test with pytest
         shell: bash
diff --git a/sdk/python/src/build-requirements.txt b/sdk/python/src/build-requirements.txt
index 97123c75..9ae847b6 100644
--- a/sdk/python/src/build-requirements.txt
+++ b/sdk/python/src/build-requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 build
 wheel
+versioneer
diff --git a/sdk/python/src/pyproject.toml b/sdk/python/src/pyproject.toml
index fed528d4..76eacbbd 100644
--- a/sdk/python/src/pyproject.toml
+++ b/sdk/python/src/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools"]
+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "versioneer[toml]"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"