diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 9ea85e896..a0f88de47 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ install_requires =
     plac>=0.9.6,<1.2.0
     requests>=2.13.0,<3.0.0
     pydantic>=1.3.0,<2.0.0
+    tqdm>=4.38.0,<5.0.0
 
 [options.extras_require]
 lookups =