diff --git a/src/api/python/pyproject.toml b/src/api/python/pyproject.toml
index a9f2676a7..aa4c50adf 100644
--- a/src/api/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/src/api/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = ["setuptools>=46.4.0", "wheel", "cmake"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+dependencies = ["importlib-resources" ]
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