diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 31ed85c..0834718 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -107,5 +107,17 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install setuptools wheel
+          pip install -r python/requirements.txt
+
+      - name: build
+        run: python setup.py build sdist
+
       - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1