diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 6542e97d69..fe68fde404 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -10,17 +10,17 @@ Build-Depends:
  python3-all,
  python3-coverage,
  python3-nose,
- python3-setuptools,
  python3-sphinx,
  python3-magic,
  python3-pexpect,
+ python3-packaging,
 Homepage: https://github.com/sosreport/sos
 Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/sosreport-team/sosreport
 Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/sosreport-team/sosreport.git
 
 Package: sosreport
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${python3:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, python3-pexpect, python3-magic
+Depends: ${python3:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, python3-pexpect, python3-magic, python3-packaging
 Description: Set of tools to gather troubleshooting data from a system
  Sos is a set of tools that gathers information about system
  hardware and configuration. The information can then be used for