diff --git a/requirements/pip-tools.in b/requirements/pip-tools.in
index 3f1b64a..63f4c7f 100644
--- a/requirements/pip-tools.in
+++ b/requirements/pip-tools.in
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 -c constraints.txt
 
 pip-tools                 # Contains pip-compile, used to generate pip requirements files
+setuptools;  python_version >= '3.12'   # setuptools is not longer available by default in Python 3.12 (https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.12.html#:~:text=Important%20deprecations%2C%20removals,method%20aliases.)