diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a436135..1497d8e 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     "dataclasses ; python_version < '3.7'",
     "fastavro >= 1.4.0",
     "pluggy >= 0.11",
+    "setuptools >= 68.0",
     "toml >= 0.9.4",
     "xmltodict >= 0.9.0"
 ]