diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
index 53909d8..c17340b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -173,9 +173,8 @@ jobs:
               chown -R $(whoami) /github/home/.cache;
               python --version;
               /opt/python/${{ matrix.PYTHON }}/bin/python -m venv .venv;
-              .venv/bin/pip install -U pip setuptools;
               yum install -y libffi-devel;
-              .venv/bin/pip install -U pip wheel cffi six;
+              .venv/bin/pip install -U pip setuptools wheel cffi six;
               if \[ ${{ matrix.impl }} == cpython \] ; then
                 echo LMDB_FORCE_CPYTHON=1
               else
@@ -191,6 +190,7 @@ jobs:
               echo \"Windows: Envs are cpython=$Env:LMDB_FORCE_CPYTHON
                 cffi=$Env:LMDB_FORCE_CFFI pure=$Env:LMDB_PURE system=$Env:LMDB_FORCE_SYSTEM\";
               .venv/bin/pip install setuptools flake8 pytest patch-ng;
+              /opt/python/${{ matrix.PYTHON }}/bin/python -m pip install setuptools;
               /opt/python/${{ matrix.PYTHON }}/bin/python setup.py develop bdist_wheel;
               ls dist;
               /opt/python/${{ matrix.PYTHON }}/bin/python -m pip install pytest;