diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonapp-min.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonapp-min.yml
index 1b193b01de..55d681ea6d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonapp-min.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonapp-min.yml
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         which python
         python -m pip install --user --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+        python -m pip install --user more-itertools>=8.0
     - name: cache weekly timestamp
       id: pip-cache
       run: |
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 76b26731bf..add6642dba 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 requires = [
   "wheel",
   "setuptools",
+  "more-itertools>=8.0",
   "torch>=2.4.1",
   "ninja",
   "packaging"