diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 2b8d687..ed7bd53 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ black
 isort
 pre-commit
 pytest
-pytest-datadir
\ No newline at end of file
+pytest-datadir
+setuptools
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ca30a5e..9ee7f80 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ numpy
 defusedxml
 pyarrow
 duckdb
-rdflib
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+rdflib
+setuptools
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dcbaf19..d7f758f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ def get_version(rel_path):
         "pyarrow",
         "duckdb",
         "rdflib",
+        "setuptools",
     ],
     entry_points={"console_scripts": ["parse_sdrf = sdrf_pipelines.parse_sdrf:main"]},
     platforms=["any"],