diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1eb6b57f..fea37b6f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ markdown==2.6.8
 beautifulsoup4==4.5.3
 Jinja2==2.9.6
 python-slugify==1.2.2
-pkg_resources
+setuptools
 
 # Required dependencies for building documentation
 sphinx==1.5.5