diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 061c50a..1315e2a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ python = "^3.8"
 aplpy = "^2.1"
 attrs = "*"
 astropy = ">=4.0"
+distutils = "*"
 fastavro = "^1.4"
 google-auth-oauthlib = "*"
 google-cloud-bigquery = "^3.7"