diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8b897d24e6..ac8757912d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ termcolor = "^1.1"
 packaging = ">=19,<21"
 tomlkit = "^0.5.3"
 jinja2 = "^2.10.3"
+setuptools = ">=47.3.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 ipython = "^7.2"