diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index ea161f9..315718c 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ jobs:
           python3-dev
           python3-pip
           python3-setuptools
-      - run: pip install cython
+          python3-venv
+      - run: python3 -m venv /tmp/path/to/venv
+      - run: . /tmp/path/to/venv/bin/activate && pip install cython
       - run: git clone --depth=1 --recursive https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore
       - run: cd c-toxcore;
           . .github/scripts/flags-gcc.sh;
@@ -46,11 +48,14 @@ jobs:
           -DMUST_BUILD_TOXAV=ON
       - run: cd c-toxcore/_build && ninja install -j$(nproc)
       - run: |
+          . /tmp/path/to/venv/bin/activate
           export CFLAGS="-I$PWD/c-toxcore/_install/include -fsanitize=address,undefined"
           export LDFLAGS="-L$PWD/c-toxcore/_install/lib -Wl,-rpath,$PWD/c-toxcore/_install/lib"
           cython -I. $(find pytox -name "*.pyx")
           python3 setup.py build_ext --inplace
-      - run: ASAN_OPTIONS=detect_leaks=0
-          LD_PRELOAD=libasan.so.6
-          PYTHONPATH=.
+      - run: |
+          . /tmp/path/to/venv/bin/activate
+          export ASAN_OPTIONS=detect_leaks=0
+          export LD_PRELOAD=libasan.so.6
+          export PYTHONPATH=.
           python3 -m unittest $(find test -name "*_test.py")
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f4ee30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+name: release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [master]
+  pull_request_target:
+    branches: [master]
+    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize]
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    uses: TokTok/ci-tools/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml@master
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ae63243..84a2c36 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-from distutils.core import Extension
-from distutils.core import setup
+from setuptools import Extension
+from setuptools import setup
 
 libraries = [
     "toxcore",