diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-build-release-wheels.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-build-release-wheels.yaml
index 2f2fff6..607faf8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-build-release-wheels.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-build-release-wheels.yaml
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           cmake --build build --config Release --target install
-          python -m pip install wheel
+          python -m pip install wheel setuptools
           python setup.py bdist_wheel
           python -m pip install ./dist/*.whl
           python -c 'import pulsar; c = pulsar.Client("pulsar://localhost:6650"); c.close()'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-pr-validation.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-pr-validation.yaml
index 9e67402..40dcf5f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-pr-validation.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-pr-validation.yaml
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           cmake --build build --config Release --target install
-          python -m pip install wheel
+          python -m pip install wheel setuptools
           python setup.py bdist_wheel
           python -m pip install ./dist/*.whl
           python -c 'import pulsar; c = pulsar.Client("pulsar://localhost:6650"); c.close()'
diff --git a/pkg/mac/build-dependencies.sh b/pkg/mac/build-dependencies.sh
index e317751..c6d22ab 100755
--- a/pkg/mac/build-dependencies.sh
+++ b/pkg/mac/build-dependencies.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ PYTHON_VERSION_LONG=$2
 source pkg/mac/common.sh
 source build-support/dep-url.sh
 
-pip3 install pyyaml
+pip3 install pyyaml setuptools
 
 dep=$ROOT_DIR/build-support/dep-version.py
 PYBIND11_VERSION=$($dep pybind11)