diff --git a/ci/recipe/meta.yaml b/ci/recipe/meta.yaml
index 9ff7eaef..0db3c0d0 100644
--- a/ci/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/ci/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ requirements:
 
   run:
     - python  {{ python }}
-    - pip
+    - setuptools
     - click >=8.1
     - qiime2 {{ qiime2_epoch }}.*