diff --git a/.github/scripts/build_triton_wheel.py b/.github/scripts/build_triton_wheel.py
index c064b59ad93d..7ee2cb4b8e61 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/build_triton_wheel.py
+++ b/.github/scripts/build_triton_wheel.py
@@ -54,13 +54,19 @@ def patch_init_py(
 def patch_setup_py(path: Path) -> None:
     with open(path) as f:
         orig = f.read()
-    orig = check_and_replace(
-        orig,
-        "https://tritonlang.blob.core.windows.net/llvm-builds/",
-        "https://oaitriton.blob.core.windows.net/public/llvm-builds/",
-    )
-    with open(path, "w") as f:
-        f.write(orig)
+    try:
+        orig = check_and_replace(
+            orig,
+            "https://tritonlang.blob.core.windows.net/llvm-builds/",
+            "https://oaitriton.blob.core.windows.net/public/llvm-builds/",
+        )
+        with open(path, "w") as f:
+            f.write(orig)
+    except RuntimeError as e:
+        print(
+            f"Applying patch_setup_py() for llvm-build package failed: {e}.",
+            "If you are trying to build a newer version of Triton, you can ignore this.",
+        )
 
 
 def build_triton(