diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5bf25dc29..d5c361658 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "pydot",
   "fsspec>=2023.1.0",
   "pydantic-settings>=2.0.0",
+  "packaging",
 ]
 
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.14"