diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 854c53b..dfd2095 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 pandas>=2.2.0,<3.0.0
 PyYAML==6.0.1
 litellm==1.40.0
+setuptools
 build