diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 861867b..c3760fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,17 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Upgrade pip
+        run: python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+      - name: Install setuptools
+        run: |
+          python3 -m pip install --upgrade setuptools
+          # For OCR-D tools, we need setuptools-ocrd to get the version
+          if [ -e ocrd-tool.json ]; then
+            python3 -m pip install setuptools-ocrd
+          fi
       - name: Check git tag vs package version
-        run: python3 -m pip install --upgrade setuptools setuptools-ocrd && .github/workflows/release-check-version-tag
+        run: .github/workflows/release-check-version-tag
       - name: Build package
         run: python3 -m pip install --upgrade build && python3 -m build
       - name: Test