diff --git a/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh b/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
index 1a9104b55..2bfce0e2d 100755
--- a/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
+++ b/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ test_source_distribution() {
   python3 -m venv .venv
   source .venv/bin/activate
   python3 -m pip install -U pip
-  python3 -m pip install -r requirements-310.txt
+  python3 -m pip install -U maturin
   maturin develop
 
   #TODO: we should really run tests here as well