diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index 13cefdeda..3405b57df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ jobs:
           copy %pyaudio% dist
           cd dist
           setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
-          cmd /C set "wheels=" && for /f "delims=" %%i in ('dir /b *.whl') DO set "wheels="%%i" !wheels!"
+          cmd /C set "wheels=" && for /f "delims=" %%i in ('dir /b *.*') DO set "wheels="%%i" !wheels!"
           python -m pip install %wheels%
           python -c "import aqt; # aqt.run()"
 
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -x
           cd dist
-          python -m pip install *.whl
+          python -m pip install *.*
           python -c "import aqt; # aqt.run()"
 
       - run: make check
diff --git a/qt/Makefile b/qt/Makefile
index 4fef3e92b..c27741da0 100644
--- a/qt/Makefile
+++ b/qt/Makefile
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ TSDEPS := $(wildcard ts/src/*.ts) $(wildcard ts/scss/*.scss)
 	python -m black aqt/gui_hooks.py
 	@touch $@
 
-BUILD_STEPS := .build/run-deps .build/dev-deps .build/js .build/ui aqt/buildinfo.py .build/hooks .build/i18n
+BUILD_STEPS := .build/vernum .build/run-deps .build/dev-deps .build/js .build/ui aqt/buildinfo.py .build/hooks .build/i18n
 
 # Checking
 ######################
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ CHECKDEPS := $(shell ${FIND} aqt tests -name '*.py' | grep -v buildinfo.py)
 .PHONY: build
 build: $(BUILD_STEPS)
 	rm -rf dist build
-	python setup.py -q bdist_wheel
-	rsync -a dist/*.whl ../dist/
+	python setup.py -q sdist
+	rsync -a dist/*.tar.gz ../dist/
 
 .PHONY: develop
 develop: $(BUILD_STEPS)
@@ -138,3 +138,9 @@ develop: $(BUILD_STEPS)
 aqt/buildinfo.py: ../meta/version ../meta/buildhash
 	echo "buildhash='$$(cat ../meta/buildhash)'" > $@
 	echo "version='$$(cat ../meta/version)'" >> $@
+
+VER := $(shell cat ../meta/version)
+.build/vernum: ../meta/version
+	sed -i.bak 's/.*automatically updated.*/    version="$(VER)",  # automatically updated/' setup.py
+	rm setup.py.bak
+	@touch $@
diff --git a/qt/pyproject.toml b/qt/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..754ed04e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qt/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[build-system]
+# Minimum requirements for the build system to execute.
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48048745/setup-py-require-a-recent-version-of-setuptools-before-trying-to-install
+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
diff --git a/qt/setup.py b/qt/setup.py
index 30780189a..3a8f205ac 100644
--- a/qt/setup.py
+++ b/qt/setup.py
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 
 import setuptools
 
-with open("../meta/version") as fh:
-    version = fh.read().strip()
-
 
 def package_files(directory):
     entries = []
@@ -59,7 +56,7 @@ if not IS_PYQT_INSTALLED or (
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="aqt",
-    version=version,
+    version="2.1.24",  # automatically updated
     author="Ankitects Pty Ltd",
     description="Anki's Qt GUI code",
     long_description="Anki's QT GUI code",