diff --git a/.github/workflows/_release.yml b/.github/workflows/_release.yml
index 377b26a14a112..e54bcb360f403 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_release.yml
@@ -192,7 +192,12 @@ jobs:
           poetry-version: ${{ env.POETRY_VERSION }}
           working-directory: ${{ inputs.working-directory }}
 
-      - name: Import published package
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: dist
+          path: ${{ inputs.working-directory }}/dist/
+
+      - name: Import dist package
         shell: bash
         working-directory: ${{ inputs.working-directory }}
         env:
@@ -208,15 +213,7 @@ jobs:
         # - attempt install again after 5 seconds if it fails because there is
         #   sometimes a delay in availability on test pypi
         run: |
-          poetry run pip install \
-            --extra-index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ \
-            "$PKG_NAME==$VERSION" || \
-          ( \
-            sleep 15 && \
-            poetry run pip install \
-              --extra-index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ \
-              "$PKG_NAME==$VERSION" \
-          )
+          poetry run pip install dist/*.whl
 
           # Replace all dashes in the package name with underscores,
           # since that's how Python imports packages with dashes in the name.
@@ -225,10 +222,10 @@ jobs:
           poetry run python -c "import $IMPORT_NAME; print(dir($IMPORT_NAME))"
 
       - name: Import test dependencies
-        run: poetry install --with test
+        run: poetry install --with test --no-root
         working-directory: ${{ inputs.working-directory }}
 
-      # Overwrite the local version of the package with the test PyPI version.
+      # Overwrite the local version of the package with the built version
       - name: Import published package (again)
         working-directory: ${{ inputs.working-directory }}
         shell: bash
@@ -236,9 +233,7 @@ jobs:
           PKG_NAME: ${{ needs.build.outputs.pkg-name }}
           VERSION: ${{ needs.build.outputs.version }}
         run: |
-          poetry run pip install \
-            --extra-index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple/ \
-            "$PKG_NAME==$VERSION"
+          poetry run pip install dist/*.whl
 
       - name: Run unit tests
         run: make tests