diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8a751302c91..12a7aec8ade 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ asyncstdlib
 async-property
 undetected-chromedriver
 brotli
-beautifulsoup4
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+beautifulsoup4
+setuptools
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 30e037a4a5b..34f083eee13 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "undetected-chromedriver",
     "brotli",
     "beautifulsoup4",
+    "setuptools",
 ]
 
 DESCRIPTION = (