diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-depiction/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-depiction/action.yml
index 3d2e84a..3b929ad 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-depiction/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-depiction/action.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ runs:
     - name: Install bfabricPy
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        pip install uv
+        pip install uv setuptools
         uv pip install --system ".[dev,testing]"
     - name: Print installed packages
       shell: bash
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 430c334..7168f41 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Install the `pyproject.toml` in editable mode, tested with [uv](https://github.c
 
 ```bash
 uv venv
+uv pip install setuptools
 uv pip install -e ".[dev,testing]"
 ```
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ uv pip install -e ".[dev,testing]"
 ```bash
 conda create -n exp-2024-05-depiction python=3.12 
 conda activate exp-2024-05-depiction
+pip install setuptools
 pip install -e ".[dev,testing]"
 ```