diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_windows.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_windows.yml
index 351af52c0..a1070404c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_windows.yml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ jobs:
           mingw-w64-${{ matrix.arch }}-gcc-fortran
           mingw-w64-${{ matrix.arch }}-python
           mingw-w64-${{ matrix.arch }}-python-pip
+          mingw-w64-${{ matrix.arch }}-python-setuptools
           mingw-w64-${{ matrix.arch }}-cmake
           mingw-w64-${{ matrix.arch }}-ninja