diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index e06564d..0747696 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
 
+env:
+  STABLE_PYTHON_VERSION: '3.11'
+  PYTHONUNBUFFERED: "1"
+  FORCE_COLOR: "1"
+  
 permissions:
   contents: write
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 8e3a0e5..cd6988a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ on:
     types:
       - published
 
+env:
+  STABLE_PYTHON_VERSION: '3.11'
+  PYTHONUNBUFFERED: "1"
+  FORCE_COLOR: "1"
+
 jobs:
   pypi-publish:
     name: upload release to PyPI
@@ -14,5 +19,11 @@ jobs:
       # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
       id-token: write
     steps:
+      - name: Ensure latest pip and hatch
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install hatch
+      - name: Make the build
+        run: hatch build
       - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1