diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5844eea8..7888bfdf 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ beautifulsoup4==4.9.3
 zimscraperlib==3.2.0
 Babel==2.12.1
 jinja2==3.1.2
+setuptools==68.2.2
 # to support possible brotli content in warcs
 brotlipy==0.7.0
 cdxj_indexer==1.4.5