diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8e64c681..d244c052 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 i18n = [
     "babel >=2.9.0",
+    "setuptools; python_version >= '3.12'" # Workaround: babel doesn't declare its dependency
 ]
 min-versions = [
     "click ==7.0",
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ exclude = ["/mkdocs/tests/integration", "*.po", "*.pot", "babel.cfg"]
 [tool.hatch.build.hooks.custom]
 dependencies = [
     "babel",
+    "setuptools; python_version >= '3.12'" # Workaround: babel doesn't declare its dependency
 ]
 
 [tool.hatch.envs.default.scripts]