diff --git a/.github/CHANGELOG.md b/.github/CHANGELOG.md
index c7db86ccc..c028694ad 100644
--- a/.github/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/.github/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@
 
 ### Bug fixes
 
+* Remove wrong -m when calling setup.py.
+  [(#854)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning/pull/854)
+
 * Fix plugin-test-matrix CI/CD workflows.
   [(#850)](https://github.com/PennyLaneAI/pennylane-lightning/pull/850)
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests_lqcpu_python.yml b/.github/workflows/tests_lqcpu_python.yml
index dbe5488c3..91bd2a863 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests_lqcpu_python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests_lqcpu_python.yml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
         if: inputs.lightning-version == 'stable'
         run: |
           PL_BACKEND=${{ matrix.pl_backend }} CMAKE_ARGS="-DENABLE_BLAS=${{ matrix.blas }} -DLQ_ENABLE_KERNEL_OMP=ON -DENABLE_PYTHON=ON" \
-          python -m setup.py bdist_wheel
+          python setup.py bdist_wheel
           cd dist
           WHEEL_NAME=$(ls *.whl)
           cp $WHEEL_NAME ${{ github.workspace }}/wheel_${{ matrix.pl_backend }}-${{ matrix.blas }}.whl
diff --git a/pennylane_lightning/core/_version.py b/pennylane_lightning/core/_version.py
index 281ac4807..d25ea38a7 100644
--- a/pennylane_lightning/core/_version.py
+++ b/pennylane_lightning/core/_version.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
    Version number (major.minor.patch[-label])
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.38.0-dev33"
+__version__ = "0.38.0-dev34"