diff --git a/openmetadata-airflow-apis/pyproject.toml b/openmetadata-airflow-apis/pyproject.toml
index be0773de1caa..11511c4c82f0 100644
--- a/openmetadata-airflow-apis/pyproject.toml
+++ b/openmetadata-airflow-apis/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "apache-airflow>=2.2.2",
     "Flask>=1.1.4",
     "Flask-Admin==1.6.0",
+    "setuptools==69.0.2",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]