diff --git a/ct/seerr.sh b/ct/seerr.sh
index f1052be36..a3e732bba 100644
--- a/ct/seerr.sh
+++ b/ct/seerr.sh
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ EOF
 
     CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "seerr" "seerr-team/seerr" "tarball"
 
+    msg_info "Installing Build Dependencies"
+    $STD apt-get install -y build-essential python3-setuptools
+    msg_ok "Installed Build Dependencies"
+
     msg_info "Updating PNPM Version"
     pnpm_desired=$(grep -Po '"pnpm":\s*"\K[^"]+' /opt/seerr/package.json)
     NODE_VERSION="22" NODE_MODULE="pnpm@$pnpm_desired" setup_nodejs
diff --git a/install/seerr-install.sh b/install/seerr-install.sh
index a46d233a6..3a46e4627 100644
--- a/install/seerr-install.sh
+++ b/install/seerr-install.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ network_check
 update_os
 
 msg_info "Installing Dependencies"
-$STD apt-get install -y build-essential
+$STD apt-get install -y \
+  build-essential \
+  python3-setuptools
 msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"
 
 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "seerr" "seerr-team/seerr" "tarball"