diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index cd19c89ecd..3e113aae22 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-future
+setuptools
 six
 charset_normalizer
 pyasn1>=0.2.3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 47a651f665..f9484a04cb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def read(fname):
     scripts=glob.glob(os.path.join('examples', '*.py')),
     data_files=data_files,
     install_requires=['pyasn1>=0.2.3', 'pycryptodomex', 'pyOpenSSL>=21.0.0', 'six', 'ldap3>=2.5,!=2.5.2,!=2.5.0,!=2.6',
-                      'ldapdomaindump>=0.9.0', 'flask>=1.0', 'future', 'charset_normalizer', 'dsinternals'],
+                      'ldapdomaindump>=0.9.0', 'flask>=1.0', 'setuptools', 'charset_normalizer', 'dsinternals'],
     extras_require={'pyreadline:sys_platform=="win32"': [],
                     },
     classifiers=[