diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml
index e8a10a69..213392a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ jobs:
         pip install
         build toml
         --user
-    - name: copy version.in
+    - name: prepare python distribution
       run: |
+        cp packaging/pypi/* ./
         mkdir build && cd build 
         cmake ../
         mv python/solid_dmft/version.py ../python/solid_dmft/version.py
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/packaging/pypi/MANIFEST.in
similarity index 100%
rename from MANIFEST.in
rename to packaging/pypi/MANIFEST.in
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/packaging/pypi/pyproject.toml
similarity index 100%
rename from pyproject.toml
rename to packaging/pypi/pyproject.toml