diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index b5abcb20..23c051fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -430,6 +430,8 @@ jobs:
                "${PYTHON}" -m pip install --force-reinstall --no-deps $package*.whl
                done
                find $PYTHON_INSTALL_PATH/lib/python3.10/site-packages -type f -name "*.so" -exec du -sh "{}" \;
+               # for some reason this package is giving trouble compiling on MacOS so install binary version
+               "${PYTHON}" -m pip install --upgrade setuptools_scm
              fi
              #"${PYTHON}" -m pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt ${PIP_ARGS}
              while read line; do