diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ab2493a1c..c1b351527 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "numpy >= 1.22",
     "packaging",
     "pandas",
+    "pkg_resources",
     "psutil >= 5.4",
     "pybids >= 0.15.2",
     "requests",