diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-maturin-wheels.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-maturin-wheels.yaml
index de44412..4aa296a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-maturin-wheels.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-maturin-wheels.yaml
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: "3.15"
           enable-cache: false
           activate-environment: true
+          ignore-empty-workdir: true
       - name: ⏳ Wait for source
         wait: download
       - name: 🏗️ Build wheels
@@ -171,6 +172,7 @@ jobs:
           version: latest-known
           python-version: "3.15"
           enable-cache: false
+          ignore-empty-workdir: true
       - name: ⏳ Wait for source
         wait: download
       - name: 📦 Export locked build constraints
diff --git a/changelog.d/+maturin-empty-workdir.bugfix.md b/changelog.d/+maturin-empty-workdir.bugfix.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6e43ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/+maturin-empty-workdir.bugfix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The `build` and `sdist` jobs of `build-maturin-wheels` no longer print setup-uv's "Empty workdir detected" warning: they
+set up uv while the source still downloads, as `github-release` already allowed for.