diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ def get_version(module='spyder_kernels'):
 
 
 REQUIREMENTS = ['ipykernel>=4.8.2',
-                'pyzmq>=17'
+                'pyzmq>=17',
+                'jupyter-client>=5.2.3',
                 'cloudpickle']
Setup.py: Add specific requirement on jupyter-client