diff --git a/.github/templates/formula.rb.template b/.github/templates/formula.rb.template
index e5df6b3..44383c3 100644
--- a/.github/templates/formula.rb.template
+++ b/.github/templates/formula.rb.template
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class {{CLASS_NAME}} < Formula
     system python3, "-m", "venv", libexec
     
     # Install the package and all dependencies
-    system libexec/"bin/pip", "install", "--upgrade", "pip"
+    system libexec/"bin/pip", "install", "--upgrade", "pip", "setuptools", "wheel"
     # Set version for setuptools-scm since archive tarballs lack .git metadata
     # Skip for HEAD builds — they use git clone, so setuptools-scm reads tags directly
     ENV["SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION"] = version.to_s unless build.head?