diff --git a/environment_unix.yml b/environment_unix.yml
index 7ab7468436..a46fe7abd7 100644
--- a/environment_unix.yml
+++ b/environment_unix.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ dependencies:
   - aws-c-s3
   # Python dependences
   - python =3.10 # Python 3.11 requires protobuf>=4
+  - packaging
   - numpy
   - pandas < 2
   - pytest
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f400ea144f..554feee4ef 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ install_requires =
     pyyaml
     decorator
     prometheus_client
+    packaging
 
 [flake8]
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