diff --git a/openstack_releases/pythonutils.py b/openstack_releases/pythonutils.py
index 9764cd7024..6182c96cb7 100644
--- a/openstack_releases/pythonutils.py
+++ b/openstack_releases/pythonutils.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def build_sdist(workdir, repo):
         'SKIP_GENERATE_AUTHORS': '1',
         'SKIP_WRITE_GIT_CHANGELOG': '1',
     }
-    cmd = [python, 'setup.py', 'sdist', 'bdist_wheel']
+    cmd = [python, '-m', 'build' '--sdist', '--wheel']
     processutils.check_call(
         cmd,
         cwd=dest,
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0e2730e9d5..a567f662cd 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #                                                                    #
 ######################################################################
 
+build>=0.7.0
 pbr>=1.6
 keyring>=7.3
 requests>=2.5.2