diff --git a/.github/workflows/semconvgen.yml b/.github/workflows/semconvgen.yml
index f2aca2fa..de26d13f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/semconvgen.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/semconvgen.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ jobs:
     - name: install dependencies
       run: |
         pip install -U pip setuptools wheel
-        pip install -r semantic-conventions/requirements.txt
+        pip install -r semantic-conventions/dev-requirements.txt
+    - name: install
+      run: pip install -U -e ./semantic-conventions/
     - name: run tests
       run: pytest -v
 
@@ -27,6 +29,11 @@ jobs:
     needs: tests
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+    - name: Build the wheel
+      run: |
+       pip install -U pip setuptools wheel
+       pip wheel --no-deps ./semantic-conventions/ --wheel-dir semantic-conventions/
     - name: Build the Docker image
       run: docker build semantic-conventions/. -t semconvgen
     - name: Push the Docker image
diff --git a/semantic-conventions/Dockerfile b/semantic-conventions/Dockerfile
index a78a5096..25404f40 100644
--- a/semantic-conventions/Dockerfile
+++ b/semantic-conventions/Dockerfile
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@ ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.8.5
 
 FROM python:${PYTHON_VERSION}-alpine${ALPINE_VERSION}
 LABEL maintainer="The OpenTelemetry Authors"
-ADD . /semconvgen/
-WORKDIR semconvgen
+ADD *.whl /semconvgen/
+WORKDIR /semconvgen
 RUN rm -f README.md
 RUN apk --update add --virtual build-dependencies build-base \
-  && pip install -r requirements.txt \
-  && apk del build-dependencies
-
-RUN python setup.py install
-ENTRYPOINT ["gen-semconv"]
\ No newline at end of file
+  && pip install -U ./semconvgen-*.whl \
+  && apk del build-dependencies \
+  && rm *.whl
+ENTRYPOINT ["gen-semconv"]
diff --git a/semantic-conventions/dev-requirements.txt b/semantic-conventions/dev-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f69da9c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/semantic-conventions/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+black==19.10b0
+mypy==0.770
+pytest==6.1.1
diff --git a/semantic-conventions/requirements.txt b/semantic-conventions/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 6201369e..00000000
--- a/semantic-conventions/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-black==19.10b0
-dataclasses==0.6
-mypy==0.770
-mypy-extensions==0.4.3
-ruamel.yaml==0.16.10
-ruamel.yaml.clib==0.2.0
-typed-ast==1.4.1
-typing-extensions==3.7.4.2
-Jinja2==2.11.2
-pytest==6.1.1
-ipdb==0.13.4
-mistune==2.0.0a6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/semantic-conventions/setup.cfg b/semantic-conventions/setup.cfg
index 969cc85c..9f58aeb4 100644
--- a/semantic-conventions/setup.cfg
+++ b/semantic-conventions/setup.cfg
@@ -18,19 +18,14 @@ package_dir=
     =src
 packages=find_namespace:
 install_requires =
-    black==19.10b0
-    dataclasses==0.6
-    mypy==0.770
-    mypy-extensions==0.4.3
-    ruamel.yaml==0.16.10
-    ruamel.yaml.clib==0.2.0
-    typed-ast==1.4.1
-    typing-extensions==3.7.4.2
-    Jinja2==2.11.2
+    dataclasses~=0.6
+    ruamel.yaml~=0.16
+    Jinja2~=2.11
+    mistune==2.0.0a6
 
 [options.packages.find]
 where = src
 
 [options.entry_points]
 console_scripts =
-    gen-semconv = opentelemetry.semconv.main:main
\ No newline at end of file
+    gen-semconv = opentelemetry.semconv.main:main
diff --git a/semantic-conventions/src/opentelemetry/semconv/model/semantic_attribute.py b/semantic-conventions/src/opentelemetry/semconv/model/semantic_attribute.py
index 5a2e11ae..e6fe9a6c 100644
--- a/semantic-conventions/src/opentelemetry/semconv/model/semantic_attribute.py
+++ b/semantic-conventions/src/opentelemetry/semconv/model/semantic_attribute.py
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ def __str__(self):
 class TextWithLinks(str):
     parts: List[Union[str, MdLink]]
     raw_text: str
-    md_link = re.compile("\[([^\[\]]+)\]\(([^)]+)")
+    md_link = re.compile(r"\[([^\[\]]+)\]\(([^)]+)")
 
     def __init__(self, text):
         super().__init__()