diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1f12cb6e..ce32ebd3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "autowrapt>=1.0",
     "fysom>=2.1.2",
     "requests>=2.6.0",
+    "setuptools>=70.3.0",
     "six>=1.12.0",
     "urllib3>=1.26.5",
     "opentelemetry-api>=1.27.0",