diff --git a/requirements-devel.txt b/requirements-devel.txt
index 5e929631f..0f48469f4 100644
--- a/requirements-devel.txt
+++ b/requirements-devel.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ grpcio==1.75.1
 grpcio-tools==1.75.1
 grpcio-health-checking==1.75.1
 pydantic==2.12.0
+packaging==26.2
 
 build
 twine
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a9d61e7bd..857a7d308 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ install_requires =
     pydantic>=2.12.0,<3.0.0
     grpcio>=1.59.5,<1.80.0
     protobuf>=4.21.6,<7.0.0
+    packaging>=21.0
 python_requires = >=3.10
 
 [options.extras_require]