diff --git a/packages/python/plotly/setup.py b/packages/python/plotly/setup.py
index 1a8f2057320..3614cb970d6 100644
--- a/packages/python/plotly/setup.py
+++ b/packages/python/plotly/setup.py
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ def run(self):
     data_files=[
         ("etc/jupyter/nbconfig/notebook.d", ["jupyterlab-plotly.json"]),
     ],
-    install_requires=["tenacity>=6.2.0"],
+    install_requires=["tenacity>=6.2.0", "packaging"],
     zip_safe=False,
     cmdclass=dict(
         build_py=js_prerelease(versioneer_cmds["build_py"]),