diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index 46d3343..0050ad1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -20,5 +20,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: pip deps
         run: pip install -r requirements.txt
+      - name: pypa is a joke
+        run: pip install packaging
       - name: runtests
         run: python runtests.py