diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheels-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/build-wheels-publish.yml
index 15abe92c..ce24aa8f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheels-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheels-publish.yml
@@ -251,9 +251,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build SDist
         run: |
-          cd bindings/python
           python3 -m pip install -U pip build
-          python3 -m build --sdist
+          python3 -m build --sdist bindings/python
+          python3 -m pip install bindings/python/dist/*.tar.gz
+          python3 -c 'import capstone; print(f"Capstone version installed from sdist: {capstone.__version__}")'
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
diff --git a/bindings/python/setup.py b/bindings/python/setup.py
index f3e4593f..b98dfbef 100755
--- a/bindings/python/setup.py
+++ b/bindings/python/setup.py
@@ -82,14 +82,17 @@ def copy_sources():
 
     shutil.copytree(os.path.join(BUILD_DIR, "arch"), os.path.join(SRC_DIR, "arch"))
     shutil.copytree(os.path.join(BUILD_DIR, "include"), os.path.join(SRC_DIR, "include"))
+    shutil.copytree(os.path.join(BUILD_DIR, "LICENSES"), os.path.join(SRC_DIR, "LICENSES"))
 
     src.extend(glob.glob(os.path.join(BUILD_DIR, "*.[ch]")))
     src.extend(glob.glob(os.path.join(BUILD_DIR, "*.m[dk]")))
     src.extend(glob.glob(os.path.join(BUILD_DIR, "*.in")))
-    src.extend(glob.glob(os.path.join(BUILD_DIR, "LICENSES/*")))
-    src.extend(glob.glob(os.path.join(BUILD_DIR, "*.TXT")))
+    src.extend(glob.glob(os.path.join(BUILD_DIR, "SPONSORS.TXT")))
+    src.extend(glob.glob(os.path.join(BUILD_DIR, "CREDITS.TXT")))
     src.extend(glob.glob(os.path.join(BUILD_DIR, "ChangeLog")))
     src.extend(glob.glob(os.path.join(BUILD_DIR, "CMakeLists.txt")))
+    src.extend(glob.glob(os.path.join(BUILD_DIR, "CPackConfig.txt")))
+    src.extend(glob.glob(os.path.join(BUILD_DIR, "CPackConfig.cmake")))
 
     for filename in src:
         outpath = os.path.join(SRC_DIR, os.path.basename(filename))