diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 8dab397cd0b..9704921e59d 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 pre-commit  # needed for pre-commit hooks in the git commit command
 
 # For the test suite
+setuptools  # required for test_meta
 pytest==8.2.0
 pytest-asyncio==0.21.2  # needed because pytest doesn't come with native support for coroutines as tests
 pytest-xdist==3.6.1  # xdist runs tests in parallel