diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3cc830290..4f4b30d0c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ sdnotify==0.3.2
 
 # API Server
 fastapi==0.85.0
+pydantic>=1.8.0
 uvicorn==0.18.3
 pyjwt==2.5.0
 aiofiles==22.1.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d3f9ea7c0..b3693c9f9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ setup(
         'joblib>=1.2.0',
         'pyarrow; platform_machine != "armv7l"',
         'fastapi',
+        'pydantic>=1.8.0',
         'uvicorn',
         'psutil',
         'pyjwt',