diff --git a/devtools/conda-envs/test_env.yaml b/devtools/conda-envs/test_env.yaml
index 86a7cc2..b0ead9d 100644
--- a/devtools/conda-envs/test_env.yaml
+++ b/devtools/conda-envs/test_env.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ dependencies:
   - pip
   - MDAnalysis>=2.0.0
   - scipy
+  - setuptools
   - numpy
   - pandas
   - matplotlib