diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index 0a730e9f..74951f84 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ referencing==0.35.1
 requests==2.32.3
 rpds-py==0.21.0
 scipy==1.14.1
+setuptools==73.0.1
 six==1.16.0
 snowballstemmer==2.2.0
 soupsieve==2.6
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4021f312..28a89109 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ mypy-extensions==1.0.0
 pylint==3.3.2
 pytest==8.3.4
 pytest-cov==6.0.0
+setuptools==73.0.1
 Sphinx==8.1.3
 sphinx-rtd-theme==3.0.2
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7a62ab52..ff7219df 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
             'pymongo>=4.0.1',
             'scipy>=1.7.3',
             'pytest>=6.2.5',
-            'orjson>=3.8.0'
+            'orjson>=3.8.0',
+            'setuptools>=73.0.1'
         ],
         classifiers=[
             'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',