diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
index cafa288a7..2c91049f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-publish.yml
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install build
       - name: Build package
-        run: cd pgml && python -m build
+        run: python -m build
+        working-directory: ./pgml
       - name: Publish package
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@27b31702a0e7fc50959f5ad993c78deac1bdfc29
+        working-directory: ./pgml
         with:
           user: __token__
           password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}