diff --git a/.github/workflows/master.yml b/.github/workflows/master.yml
index a2fddb0c1f..e216a7808d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/master.yml
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
           package_root: "packages/core"
           tag_prefix: "v"
+
       # Publish techdocs-core to PyPI
       - uses: actions/checkout@master
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
@@ -76,13 +77,14 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: 3.7
       - name: Build Python distribution
+        working-directory: ./packages/techdocs-container/techdocs-core
         run: |
           pip install wheel
-          rm -rf ./packages/techdocs-container/techdocs-core/dist
-          python ./packages/techdocs-container/techdocs-core/setup.py bdist_wheel sdist --formats gztar -d ./packages/techdocs-container/techdocs-core/dist
+          rm -rf dist
+          python setup.py bdist_wheel sdist --formats gztar
       - name: Publish a Python distribution to PyPI
+        working-directory: ./packages/techdocs-container/techdocs-core
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
         with:
           user: __token__
           password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_KEY }}
-          packages_dir: ./packages/techdocs-container/techdocs-core/dist