diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7ea543f87..931d76e8c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ def run(self):
     keywords=['Interactive', 'Interpreter', 'Shell', 'Web'],
     python_requires='>=3.7',
     install_requires=[
-        'importlib-metadata<4;python_version<"3.8.0"',
+        'importlib-metadata<5;python_version<"3.8.0"',
+        'argcomplete>=1.12.3;python_version<"3.8.0"',
         'debugpy>=1.0.0,<2.0',
         'ipython>=7.23.1,<8.0',
         'traitlets>=4.1.0,<6.0',