diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_test.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_test.yml
index a1076accc..f43615c9c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_test.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install pandoc dependency
       if: "endsWith(matrix.tox_env, 'docs')"
       run: sudo apt-get -y install pandoc
-    - name: Print Python, pip, setuptools, and tox versions
+    - name: Print Python, pip, and tox versions
       run: |
         python -c "import sys; print(f'Python {sys.version}')"
         python -c "import pip; print(f'pip {pip.__version__}')"
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 2620e7aa3..f6d4241a0 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ description =
 commands = 
     python check_ephemeris_connection.py
 deps =
+    setuptools
+    
 [testenv:oldestdeps]
 description =
     Run tests on Python 3 with minimum supported versions of astropy, numpy