diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 3e84e4d..29d8d74 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build a source tarball
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel
-          python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+          python -m pip install build
+          python -m build
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 26ec269..7c4b836 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Changelog of hydxlib
 1.5.2 (unreleased)
 ------------------
 
-- Nothing changed yet.
+- Build the release with the build package instead of setuptools.
 
 
 1.5.1 (2023-05-17)