diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2c807b010..1235451fa 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -317,6 +317,9 @@ def core_requires():
         # TODO move transformers to default
         "transformers>=4.31.0",
         "alembic==1.12.0",
+        "openpyxl==3.1.2",
+        "chardet==5.1.0",
+        "xlrd==2.0.1",
     ]