diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 405b7ed30b..e15eafe9f7 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ omegaconf>=2.1.1
 opencv-python>=4.5.3.56
 pandas>=1.1.0
 pytorch-lightning>=1.7.0,<1.10.0
+setuptools>=41.0.0
 timm>=0.5.4,<=0.6.12
 torchmetrics==0.10.3