diff --git a/.github/workflows/packages.yaml b/.github/workflows/packages.yaml
index 110beba98..a071f1c80 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/packages.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/packages.yaml
@@ -6,152 +6,89 @@ on:
   release:
     types: [released, prereleased]
   workflow_dispatch:
+
 jobs:
-  deb:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+  binary:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+         - {pkg: "deb",  os: "ubuntu-18.04", asset: "dvc_${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}_amd64.deb"}
+         - {pkg: "rpm", os: "ubuntu-18.04", asset: "dvc-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}-1.x86_64.rpm"}
+         - {pkg: "osxpkg", os: "macos-10.15", asset: "dvc-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}.pkg"}
+         - {pkg: "exe",  os: "windows-2019", asset: "dvc-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}.exe"}
+
+    name: ${{ matrix.pkg }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+
     - name: Set up Python 3.9
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: 3.9
+        cache: pip
+        cache-dependency-path: |
+          setup.cfg
+          scripts/build-requirements.txt
+
     - name: Set up Ruby 2.6
       uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
       with:
         ruby-version: '2.6'
+
     - name: Install deps
       run: |
+        pip install -U wheel pip setuptools
         pip install .[all]
         pip install -r scripts/build-requirements.txt
         gem install --no-document fpm
-    - name: Build deb
-      run: python scripts/build.py deb
-    - name: Publish deb
-      if: github.event_name == 'release'
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.2
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ github.event.release.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: scripts/fpm/dvc_${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}_amd64.deb
-        asset_name: dvc_${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}_amd64.deb
-        asset_content_type: binary/octet-stream
-  rpm:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 0
-    - name: Set up Python 3.9
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-      with:
-        python-version: 3.9
-    - name: Set up Ruby 2.4
-      uses: actions/setup-ruby@v1.1.3
-      with:
-        ruby-version: 2.4
-    - name: Install deps
-      run: |
-        pip install .[all]
-        pip install -r scripts/build-requirements.txt
-        gem install --no-document fpm
-    - name: Build rpm
-      run: python scripts/build.py rpm
-    - name: Publish rpm
-      if: github.event_name == 'release'
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.2
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ github.event.release.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: scripts/fpm/dvc-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}-1.x86_64.rpm
-        asset_name: dvc-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}-1.x86_64.rpm
-        asset_content_type: binary/octet-stream
-  osxpkg:
-    runs-on: macos-10.15
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 0
-    - name: Set up Python 3.9
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-      with:
-        python-version: 3.9
-    - name: Set up Ruby 2.4
-      uses: actions/setup-ruby@v1.1.3
-      with:
-        ruby-version: 2.4
-    - name: Install deps
-      run: |
-        # available lxml (webdav dependency) wheels are built with an old
-        # SDK, which breaks osxpkg notarization. Building from scratch
-        # instead.
-        pip install .[all] --no-binary lxml
-        pip install -r scripts/build-requirements.txt
-        gem install --no-document fpm
-    - name: Build
-      run: python scripts/build.py osxpkg
-    - name: Publish
-      if: github.event_name == 'release'
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.2
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ github.event.release.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: scripts/fpm/dvc-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}.pkg
-        asset_name: dvc-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}.pkg
-        asset_content_type: binary/octet-stream
-  exe:
-    runs-on: windows-2019
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 0
-    - name: Set up Python 3.9
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-      with:
-        python-version: 3.9
-    - name: Install deps
-      run: |
-        pip install .[all]
-        pip install -r scripts/build-requirements.txt
+
     - name: Pull images
-      run: |
-        dvc pull
-    - name: Build
-      run: python scripts\build.py exe
-      shell: cmd
-    - name: Publish
+      run: dvc pull
+
+    - name: Build ${{ matrix.pkg }}
+      run: python scripts/build.py ${{ matrix.pkg }}
+
+    - name: Publish ${{ matrix.pkg }}
       if: github.event_name == 'release'
+      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.2
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.2
       with:
         upload_url: ${{ github.event.release.upload_url }}
-        asset_path: scripts/innosetup/dvc-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}.exe
-        asset_name: dvc-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}.exe
+        asset_path: scripts/${{ matrix.pkg == 'exe' && 'innosetup' || 'fpm' }}/${{ matrix.asset }}
+        asset_name: ${{ matrix.asset }}
         asset_content_type: binary/octet-stream
+
   pip:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
+
     - name: Set up Python 3.8
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: 3.8
+        cache: pip
+        cache-dependency-path: setup.cfg
+
     - name: Install
-      run: pip install ".[all,tests]"
+      run: |
+        pip install -U wheel pip build setuptools
+        pip install ".[all,tests]"
+
     - name: Build packages
       run: |
         pip install -U pip
         ./scripts/build_package.sh
+
     - name: Publish packages to PyPI
       if: github.event_name == 'release'
-      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
       with:
         user: __token__
         password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/scripts/build.py b/scripts/build.py
index d4aaa81f8..a53738d72 100644
--- a/scripts/build.py
+++ b/scripts/build.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import argparse
-import importlib
+import importlib.util
 import pathlib
 import textwrap
 from subprocess import STDOUT, check_call