diff --git a/.github/environment.yml b/.github/environment.yml
index 235fca3..26096eb 100644
--- a/.github/environment.yml
+++ b/.github/environment.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ dependencies:
   - numpy
   - pdal
   - compilers
+  - python
+  - pip
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 4987536..3090d83 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ jobs:
       url: https://pypi.org/p/pdal-plugins
     permissions:
       id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: true
+
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Setup micromamba
@@ -31,9 +34,11 @@ jobs:
         environment-file: .github/environment.yml
 
     - name: Install dependencies
+      shell: bash -l {0}
       run: |
         python -m pip install build pipx twine
         pipx run build --sdist -Ccmake.define.CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH=ON
+
     - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
       if: github.event_name == 'release' && github.event.action == 'published'
       uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1