diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpublish.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpublish.yml
index f61aa3fba5..bdf6cd9ce6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpublish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpublish.yml
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Build and publish
       run: |
-        uvx --with setuptools --with wheel setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+        uv run --no-project --with setuptools --with wheel setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
         uvx twine upload -u __token__ -p ${{ secrets.PYPI_XDSL_TOKEN }} dist/*