diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 1eabb9f..958c025 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Test against oldest supported numpy version
       run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools
         python -m pip install numpy==1.23.5
         # now run test suite
         pip install -r requirements.txt