diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2438b8d..57e8c40 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ description = "A fork of the GYP build system for use in the Node.js projects"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { file="LICENSE" }
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
-dependencies = ["setuptools>=69.5.1"]
+dependencies = ["packaging>=24.0", "setuptools>=69.5.1"]
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
     "Environment :: Console",