diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2ba490cb6..fe58f1dbf 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
         "sounddevice==0.5.0",  # Required for tts and stt
         "pyttsx3==2.91",  # Required for tts
         "cryptography==43.0.1",
+        "setuptools==72.1.0",
 
         # Stable Diffusion Dependencies
         "diffusers==0.30.1",