diff --git a/scripts/release.yml b/scripts/release.yml
index 07788f1327..dd25550658 100644
--- a/scripts/release.yml
+++ b/scripts/release.yml
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ stages:
 #    - script: cd $(Agent.TempDirectory); mkdir musl-bin; cd musl-bin; unzip ../*-linux.zip
     - script: cd $(Agent.TempDirectory); mkdir win32-bin; cd win32-bin; unzip ../*x86-win*.zip
     - script: cd $(Agent.TempDirectory); mkdir win64-bin; cd win64-bin; unzip ../*x64-win*.zip
-#   - script: python3 -m pip install --user -U setuptools
+    - script: python3 -m pip install --user -U setuptools
     - script: cd src/api/python; python3 setup.py sdist
     # take a look at this PREMIUM HACK I came up with to get around the fact that the azure variable syntax overloads the bash syntax for subshells
 #   - script: cd src/api/python; echo $(Agent.TempDirectory)/musl-bin/* | xargs printf 'PACKAGE_FROM_RELEASE=%s\n' | xargs -I '{}' env '{}' python3 setup.py bdist_wheel