diff --git a/.github/pip-bootstrap.txt b/.github/pip-bootstrap.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..25069d95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/pip-bootstrap.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+--require-hashes
+--only-binary=:all:
+pip==26.2.2 --hash=sha256:fd7f4dfa8190e014013b9f08f3e973f4e4c26ffd179a204895533a7254813a70
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 05af975e..51646628 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.13'
+      - run: python -m pip install --no-cache-dir -r .github/pip-bootstrap.txt
       - run: pip install maturin
       - run: maturin build --release --locked --manifest-path python/Cargo.toml --out dist
       - run: pip install --no-index --find-links dist firecrawl-anydoc
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f48674c4..31fbbce0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -342,6 +342,9 @@ jobs:
         if: runner.os != 'Linux'
         with:
           python-version: '3.13'
+      - name: Bootstrap pip
+        if: runner.os != 'Linux'
+        run: python -m pip install --no-cache-dir -r .github/pip-bootstrap.txt
       - uses: PyO3/maturin-action@v1
         with:
           target: ${{ matrix.target }}
@@ -424,16 +427,24 @@ jobs:
       contents: read
       id-token: write # PyPI trusted publishing
     steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
         with:
           pattern: wheels-*
           path: dist
           merge-multiple: true
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.13'
       - name: Check distributions (dry run)
         if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
         run: |
           ls -l dist
-          pipx run twine check dist/*
+          python -m pip install --no-cache-dir -r .github/pip-bootstrap.txt
+          python -m pip install twine
+          python -m twine check dist/*
       - name: Publish
         if: github.event_name == 'push'
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1