diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index b1fc3c0c..0784ff7e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -186,6 +186,11 @@ jobs:
       # gradle/libs.versions.toml `android-ndk`.
       - name: Set up Android SDK
         uses: android-actions/setup-android@40fd30fb8d7440372e1316f5d1809ec01dcd3699 # v4.0.1
+        with:
+          # The action's default is `tools platform-tools`; the obsolete `tools` package is no longer
+          # served by the SDK repository (`Failed to find package 'tools'`), which failed the 0.56.0
+          # publish before Gradle even started. Only the NDK (next step) is needed here.
+          packages: 'platform-tools'
 
       - name: Install pinned NDK
         run: |