diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index cc3e58f2825..537c0143770 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Verify Python bindings
       run: |
+        python3 --version --version
         python3 -m pip list
         python3 -m pip show xrootd
         python3 -c 'import XRootD; print(XRootD)'
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Verify Python bindings
       run: |
+        python3 --version --version
         python3 -m pip list
         python3 -m pip show xrootd
         python3 -c 'import XRootD; print(XRootD)'
@@ -221,6 +223,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Verify Python bindings
       run: |
+        python2 --version
         python2 -m pip list
         python2 -m pip show xrootd
         python2 -c 'import XRootD; print(XRootD)'
@@ -284,6 +287,7 @@ jobs:
         export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
         export PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR=$(python3 -c 'import sys; print(f"{sys.version_info.minor}")')
         export PYTHONPATH="/usr/local/lib/python3.${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR}/site-packages:${PYTHONPATH}"
+        python3 --version --version
         python3 -m pip list
         python3 -m pip show xrootd
         python3 -c 'import XRootD; print(XRootD)'
@@ -347,6 +351,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Verify Python bindings
       run: |
+        python3 --version --version
         python3 -m pip list
         python3 -m pip show xrootd
         python3 -c 'import XRootD; print(XRootD)'
@@ -414,6 +419,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Verify Python bindings
       run: |
+        python3 --version --version
         python3 -m pip list
         python3 -m pip show xrootd
         python3 -c 'import XRootD; print(XRootD)'
@@ -422,7 +428,6 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Build sdist using publishing workflow
       run: |
-        . /opt/rh/devtoolset-7/enable
         cp packaging/wheel/* .
         ./publish.sh
         ls -lhtra dist/
@@ -478,6 +483,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Verify Python bindings
       run: |
+        python3 --version --version
         python3 -m pip list
         python3 -m pip show xrootd
         python3 -c 'import XRootD; print(XRootD)'
@@ -542,6 +548,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Verify Python bindings
       run: |
+        python3 --version --version
         python3 -m pip list
         python3 -m pip show xrootd
         python3 -c 'import XRootD; print(XRootD)'
@@ -559,6 +566,7 @@ jobs:
         yum update -y
         yum install --nogpg -y \
             cmake3 \
+            gcc-c++ \
             make \
             krb5-devel \
             libuuid-devel \
@@ -570,6 +578,7 @@ jobs:
             python3-devel \
             python3-setuptools \
             git \
+            tree \
             cppunit-devel
         yum clean all
         python3 -m pip --no-cache-dir install wheel
@@ -580,15 +589,20 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Build sdist using publishing workflow
       run: |
-        . /opt/rh/devtoolset-7/enable
         cp packaging/wheel/* .
         ./publish.sh
-        cd ..  # Move xrootd.egg-info off PYTHONPATH
-        python3 -m pip --verbose install xrootd/dist/xrootd-*.tar.gz
+        python3 -m pip --verbose install --upgrade ./dist/xrootd-*.tar.gz
         python3 -m pip list
 
+    - name: Show site-pacakges layout for XRootD modules
+      run: |
+        find $(python3 -c 'import XRootD; import pathlib; print(str(pathlib.Path(XRootD.__path__[0]).parent))') \
+          -type d \
+          -iname "*xrootd*" | xargs tree
+
     - name: Verify Python bindings
       run: |
+        python3 --version --version
         python3 -m pip list
         python3 -m pip show xrootd
         python3 -c 'import XRootD; print(XRootD)'
@@ -606,6 +620,7 @@ jobs:
         yum update -y
         yum install --nogpg -y \
             cmake3 \
+            gcc-c++ \
             make \
             krb5-devel \
             libuuid-devel \
@@ -617,6 +632,7 @@ jobs:
             python3-devel \
             python3-setuptools \
             git \
+            tree \
             cppunit-devel
         yum clean all
         python3 -m pip --no-cache-dir install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
@@ -627,15 +643,20 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Build sdist using publishing workflow
       run: |
-        . /opt/rh/devtoolset-7/enable
         cp packaging/wheel/* .
         ./publish.sh
-        cd ..  # Move xrootd.egg-info off PYTHONPATH
-        python3 -m pip --verbose install xrootd/dist/xrootd-*.tar.gz
+        python3 -m pip --verbose install --upgrade ./dist/xrootd-*.tar.gz
         python3 -m pip list
 
+    - name: Show site-pacakges layout for XRootD modules
+      run: |
+        find $(python3 -c 'import XRootD; import pathlib; print(str(pathlib.Path(XRootD.__path__[0]).parent))') \
+          -type d \
+          -iname "*xrootd*" | xargs tree
+
     - name: Verify Python bindings
       run: |
+        python3 --version --version
         python3 -m pip list
         python3 -m pip show xrootd
         python3 -c 'import XRootD; print(XRootD)'
@@ -678,7 +699,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         cp packaging/wheel/* .
         ./publish.sh
-        python3 -m pip --verbose install ./dist/xrootd-*.tar.gz
+        python3 -m pip --verbose install --upgrade ./dist/xrootd-*.tar.gz
         python3 -m pip list
 
     - name: Show site-pacakges layout for XRootD modules