diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 7b1ccff7..0b2c8183 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -263,11 +263,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Validate wheels
         run: |
-          pip install twine
+          pip install "twine>=6.1"
           for whl in dist/*.whl; do
             unzip -qt "$whl"
           done
-          twine check --strict dist/*
+          twine check dist/*
 
       - name: Check PyPI for existing version
         id: pypi-check