diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6bc557aa5..156d99b48 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+packaging
 peft @ git+https://github.com/huggingface/peft.git
 transformers @ git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git
 bitsandbytes>=0.41.1