diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 48146e88..740ebe35 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/) and [Keep a Ch
 
 ### Fixes
 
+
+## v3.1.2 (2024-01-24)
+
+### New
+
+### Changes
+
+### Fixes
+- packaging library missing from setup
+
 ## v3.1.1 (2024-01-22)
 
 ### New
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 94ff29cc..ef538c28 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.1.1
+3.1.2
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0e6238c3..b79dbe3e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ markupsafe==2.1.2
     # via jinja2
 mypy-extensions==1.0.0
     # via aws-codeseeder
+packaging==23.2
+    # via seed-farmer (setup.py)
 property-manager==3.0
     # via executor
 pydantic==2.5.3
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 08dee11b..e5d73088 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
         "gitignore-parser~=0.1.2",
         "pyyaml~=6.0.1",
         "urllib3~=1.26.17",
-        "certifi~=2023.7.22"
+        "certifi~=2023.7.22",
+        "packaging~=23.2",
     ],
     entry_points={"console_scripts": ["seedfarmer = seedfarmer.__main__:main"]},
     classifiers=[