diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3b2c26a7..6b5a18f4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "google-api-core[grpc] >= 1.32.0, <3.0.0dev,!=2.0.*,!=2.1.*,!=2.2.*,!=2.3.*,!=2.4.*,!=2.5.*,!=2.6.*,!=2.7.*",
     "proto-plus >= 1.22.0, <2.0.0dev",
     "protobuf>=3.19.5,<5.0.0dev,!=3.20.0,!=3.20.1,!=4.21.0,!=4.21.1,!=4.21.2,!=4.21.3,!=4.21.4,!=4.21.5",
+    "setuptools >= 40.3.0",
 ]
 extras = {"pandas": "pandas >= 0.17.1"}