diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index a4e63abe..3fbb5976 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ Changelog for zest.releaser
 9.1.4 (unreleased)
 ------------------
 
-- Nothing changed yet.
+- Build distributions in an isolated environment.
+  Otherwise `build` cannot install packages needed for the build system, for example `hatchling`.
+  Fixes `issue 448 <https://github.com/zestsoftware/zest.releaser/issues/448>`_.
+  [maurits]
 
 
 9.1.3 (2024-02-07)
diff --git a/zest/releaser/release.py b/zest/releaser/release.py
index 065424ff..d39c91dd 100644
--- a/zest/releaser/release.py
+++ b/zest/releaser/release.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # GPL, (c) Reinout van Rees
 
 from build import ProjectBuilder
+from build.env import DefaultIsolatedEnv
 from colorama import Fore
 from urllib import request
 from urllib.error import HTTPError
@@ -147,14 +148,24 @@ def _upload_distributions(self, package):
             "Making a source distribution of a fresh tag checkout (in %s).",
             self.data["tagworkingdir"],
         )
-        builder = ProjectBuilder(source_dir=".", runner=_project_builder_runner)
-        builder.build("sdist", "./dist/")
-        if self.zest_releaser_config.create_wheel():
-            logger.info(
-                "Making a wheel of a fresh tag checkout (in %s).",
-                self.data["tagworkingdir"],
+        with DefaultIsolatedEnv() as env:
+            # We use an isolated env, otherwise `build` cannot install packages
+            # needed for the build system, for example `hatchling`.
+            # See https://github.com/zestsoftware/zest.releaser/issues/448
+            builder = ProjectBuilder.from_isolated_env(
+                env,
+                source_dir=".",
+                runner=_project_builder_runner,
             )
-            builder.build("wheel", "./dist/")
+            env.install(builder.build_system_requires)
+            builder.build("sdist", "./dist/")
+            if self.zest_releaser_config.create_wheel():
+                logger.info(
+                    "Making a wheel of a fresh tag checkout (in %s).",
+                    self.data["tagworkingdir"],
+                )
+                env.install(builder.get_requires_for_build("wheel"))
+                builder.build("wheel", "./dist/")
         if not self.zest_releaser_config.upload_pypi():
             logger.info("Upload to PyPI was disabled in the configuration.")
             return
diff --git a/zest/releaser/tests/functional-git.txt b/zest/releaser/tests/functional-git.txt
index 6a6d6e3b..23f15dc5 100644
--- a/zest/releaser/tests/functional-git.txt
+++ b/zest/releaser/tests/functional-git.txt
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ known on PyPI:
     creating src/tha.example.egg-info
     ...
     Creating ...
-    removing 'tha.example-0.1' ...
+    removing 'tha_example-0.1' ...
     Question: Upload to pypi (y/N)?
     Our reply: yes
-    MOCK twine dispatch upload ... dist/tha.example-0.1.tar.gz
+    MOCK twine dispatch upload ... dist/tha_example-0.1.tar.gz
 
 There is now a tag:
 
diff --git a/zest/releaser/tests/functional-with-hooks.txt b/zest/releaser/tests/functional-with-hooks.txt
index 53dcc3c8..6700237e 100644
--- a/zest/releaser/tests/functional-with-hooks.txt
+++ b/zest/releaser/tests/functional-with-hooks.txt
@@ -107,11 +107,11 @@ The release script tags the release and uploads it:
     creating src/tha.example.egg-info
     ...
     Creating ...
-    removing 'tha.example-0.1' ...
+    removing 'tha_example-0.1' ...
     releaser_before_upload
     Question: Upload to pypi (Y/n)?
     Our reply: y
-    MOCK twine dispatch upload ... dist/tha.example-0.1.tar.gz
+    MOCK twine dispatch upload ... dist/tha_example-0.1.tar.gz
     releaser_after
 
 
diff --git a/zest/releaser/tests/pyproject-toml.txt b/zest/releaser/tests/pyproject-toml.txt
index 04ae33d1..d886194a 100644
--- a/zest/releaser/tests/pyproject-toml.txt
+++ b/zest/releaser/tests/pyproject-toml.txt
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ known on PyPI:
     creating src/tha.example.egg-info
     ...
     Creating ...
-    removing 'tha.example-0.1' ...
+    removing 'tha_example-0.1' ...
     Question: Upload to pypi (y/N)?
     Our reply: yes
-    MOCK twine dispatch upload ... dist/tha.example-0.1.tar.gz
+    MOCK twine dispatch upload ... dist/tha_example-0.1.tar.gz
 
 There is now a tag: