diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/dev_ci.yml
index a95fb707..c53c50a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev_ci.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip3 install --upgrade setuptools pip
       - name: Install sg
         run: python3 -m pip install -e .[ci]
       - name: Install hmmer