diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-patch-release.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-patch-release.yml
index 90aa911d2f..1f68f37ce2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prepare-patch-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-patch-release.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Install toml
+        run: pip install toml
+
       - run: |
           if [[ ! $GITHUB_REF_NAME =~ ^release/v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.x-0\.[0-9]+bx$ ]]; then
             echo this workflow should only be run against long-term release branches
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-release-branch.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-release-branch.yml
index 3a19de88df..18bad26bfb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prepare-release-branch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-release-branch.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Install toml
+        run: pip install toml
+
       - name: Verify prerequisites
         env:
           PRERELEASE_VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.prerelease_version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b45ff25e71..447b5f6dfc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Install toml
+        run: pip install toml
+
       - name: Set environment variables
         run: |
           stable_version=$(./scripts/eachdist.py version --mode stable)