diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
index a2a364b9e..b5d6b9757 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: 3.13
+      - name: Install build dependencies
+        run: pip install wheel setuptools
       - name: Install package
         run: make install
       - name: Run tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yaml b/.github/workflows/push.yaml
index dc58f7c33..b61e4ee8d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yaml
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ jobs:
           python-version: 3.13
       - name: Publish a git tag
         run: ".github/publish-git-tag.sh || true"
+      - name: Install build dependencies
+        run: pip install wheel setuptools
       - name: Install package
         run: make install
       - name: Build package
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0e4859c2f..2e4ba2917 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 all: install format test build changelog
 
 documentation:
-	jb clean docs
-	jb build docs
+	python -m jupyter_book clean docs
+	python -m jupyter_book build docs
 
 format:
 	black . -l 79
diff --git a/changelog_entry.yaml b/changelog_entry.yaml
index e69de29bb..a2f8a646c 100644
--- a/changelog_entry.yaml
+++ b/changelog_entry.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- bump: patch
+  changes:
+    fixed:
+    - CI build failure due to missing setuptools dependency in GitHub Actions workflow.