diff --git a/playout/setup.py b/playout/setup.py
index 0cccc4604..3c527749e 100644
--- a/playout/setup.py
+++ b/playout/setup.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ setup(
             "distro",
             "requests-mock",
             "syrupy",
+            "types-backports",
             "types-python-dateutil",
             "types-requests",
         ],