diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index add083a05..a104b68ba 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ numpy>=1.15.0
 requests>=2.13.0,<3.0.0
 plac>=0.9.6,<1.2.0
 tqdm>=4.38.0,<5.0.0
-importlib_metadata>=0.20; python_version < "3.8"
 pydantic>=1.3.0,<2.0.0
+# Official Python utilities
+setuptools
+packaging
+importlib_metadata>=0.20; python_version < "3.8"
 # Development dependencies
 cython>=0.25
 pytest>=4.6.5
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index eb7608c4e..ae09d071c 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -47,15 +47,16 @@ install_requires =
     wasabi>=0.4.0,<1.1.0
     srsly>=2.0.0,<3.0.0
     catalogue>=0.0.7,<1.1.0
-    ml_datasets
+    ml_datasets>=0.1.1
     # Third-party dependencies
     tqdm>=4.38.0,<5.0.0
-    setuptools
     numpy>=1.15.0
     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
+    # Official Python utilities
+    setuptools
+    packaging
     importlib_metadata>=0.20; python_version < "3.8"
 
 [options.extras_require]