diff --git a/.github/workflows/kfp-sdk-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/kfp-sdk-tests.yml
index 6a6cc003f0f..c61748c02a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kfp-sdk-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kfp-sdk-tests.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - 'sdk/**'
+      - 'test/presubmit-tests-sdk.sh'
       - '.github/workflows/kfp-sdk-tests.yml'
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/test/presubmit-tests-sdk.sh b/test/presubmit-tests-sdk.sh
index 3d283671d33..ae9411f78d6 100755
--- a/test/presubmit-tests-sdk.sh
+++ b/test/presubmit-tests-sdk.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ python3 -m venv venv
 source venv/bin/activate
 
 python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
+python3 -m pip install setuptools
 python3 -m pip install coveralls==1.9.2
 python3 -m pip install $(grep 'absl-py==' sdk/python/requirements-dev.txt)
 python3 -m pip install $(grep 'docker==' sdk/python/requirements-dev.txt)