diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index bbfcfe59a384..19df135e615f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  python3-mock,
  python3-nose2,
  python3-owslib,
+ python3-packaging,
  python3-psycopg2,
  python3-pyqt5,
  python3-pyqt5.qsci,
diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index 3313c439839c..d53cc0287dbb 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ Build-Depends:
  python3-mock,
  python3-nose2,
  python3-owslib,
+ python3-packaging,
  python3-psycopg2,
  python3-pyqt5,
  python3-pyqt5.qsci,
diff --git a/rpm/qgis.spec.template b/rpm/qgis.spec.template
index fd1c836c3377..31d4c2fd2740 100644
--- a/rpm/qgis.spec.template
+++ b/rpm/qgis.spec.template
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ Requires:       gdal-python3
 Requires:       gdal-python-tools
 Requires:       python3-jinja2
 Requires:       python3-OWSLib
+Requires:       python3-packaging
 Requires:       python3-psycopg2
 Requires:       python3-pygments
 Requires:       python3-PyYAML