diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
index 0972b55a1..16221f66e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ jobs:
         cache-dependency-path: |
           pyproject.toml
           requirements.txt
+    - name: upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+      run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+      shell: bash
     - name: install qcodes
       run: pip install .[docs] -c requirements.txt
     - name: Build docs on linux
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yaml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yaml
index 426930d31..20d14c09c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ jobs:
         cache-dependency-path: |
           pyproject.toml
           requirements.txt
+    - name: upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+      run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+      shell: bash
     - name: install package
       run: |
         pip install .[test] -c requirements.txt