diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ea6ba39c26..e538e9997e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -91,12 +91,13 @@ def relative(lst, base=''):
     },
 
     install_requires=['cflib>=0.1.25.1',
+                      'setuptools',
                       'appdirs~=1.4.0',
                       'pyzmq~=25.0',
                       'pyqtgraph~=0.13',
                       'PyYAML~=6.0.1',
                       'numpy~=1.20',
-                      'vispy~=0.13.0',
+                      'vispy~=0.13',
                       'pyserial~=3.5',
                       'pyqt6~=6.5',
                       'PyQt6-sip~=13.5',