diff --git a/release-requirements.txt b/release-requirements.txt
index 41b9cc3..745ae88 100644
--- a/release-requirements.txt
+++ b/release-requirements.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ requests-toolbelt==1.0.0
 restructuredtext-lint==1.4.0
 rfc3986==2.0.0
 rich==13.7.1
+setuptools==70.0.0
 six==1.16.0
 tqdm==4.66.3
 twine==5.0.0