diff --git a/.github/actions/build-py/action.yml b/.github/actions/build-py/action.yml
index 941eded182..2cb89fa75d 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build-py/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build-py/action.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ runs:
   steps:    
     - name: Install dependencies
       shell: bash
-      run: yum install ninja-build -qy
+      run: yum install ninja-build cmake git -qy
     - name: Make artifact dir
       shell: bash
       run: |
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         cd pycode/memilio-${{ inputs.package }}/
-        /opt/python/cp38-cp38/bin/python setup.py bdist_wheel
-        /opt/python/cp311-cp311/bin/python setup.py bdist_wheel
+        /opt/python/cp38-cp38/bin/python -m pip install scikit-build
+        /opt/python/cp38-cp38/bin/python -m build --no-isolation --wheel
+        /opt/python/cp311-cp311/bin/python -m pip install scikit-build
+        /opt/python/cp311-cp311/bin/python -m build --no-isolation --wheel
         # Exclude memilio-generation, because its a pure python package, cmake is only used in the build process to retrieve data from cpp
         if [[ -f "CMakeLists.txt" ]] && [ "${{ inputs.package }}" != "generation" ]; then 
           # includes native dependencies in the wheel
@@ -35,4 +37,3 @@ runs:
       with:
         name: python-wheels-${{ inputs.package }}
         path: pycode/wheelhouse
-
diff --git a/pycode/memilio-generation/setup.py b/pycode/memilio-generation/setup.py
index 9237035c47..2d3370d80e 100644
--- a/pycode/memilio-generation/setup.py
+++ b/pycode/memilio-generation/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     description='Part of MEmilio project, automatic generation of model specific python bindings.',
     packages=find_packages(
         where=os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))),
-    setup_requires=['cmake'],
     install_requires=['libclang==18.1.1',
                       'dataclasses', 'dataclasses_json', 'graphviz', 'importlib-resources>=1.1.0; python_version < \'3.9\''],
     extras_require={'dev': []},
diff --git a/pycode/memilio-simulation/setup.py b/pycode/memilio-simulation/setup.py
index b4038394bf..037a93df8e 100644
--- a/pycode/memilio-simulation/setup.py
+++ b/pycode/memilio-simulation/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     url='https://github.com/SciCompMod/memilio',
     description='Part of MEmilio project, python bindings to the C++ libraries that contain the models and simulations.',
     packages=find_packages(where=os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))),
-    setup_requires=['cmake'],
     # need shared libs so there is one shared log level
     cmake_args=['-DMEMILIO_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON'],
     install_requires=[