diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index abb6d6b3a..4883c5c31 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ warn_unused_ignores = True
 # types-setuptools
 [mypy-setuptools.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
+# pkg_resources is part of setuptools but has separate stubs that are outdated
+[mypy-pkg_resources.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
+# pkg_resources API changed in setuptools 81+ and stubs are outdated
+[mypy-gprofiler.metadata.py_module_version]
+disable_error_code = attr-defined
 # no types in package / types- package :(
 [mypy-configargparse.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
diff --git a/pyinstaller.spec b/pyinstaller.spec
index 03f0558f6..7c91bdfbb 100644
--- a/pyinstaller.spec
+++ b/pyinstaller.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ a = Analysis(scripts=['pyi_build.py'],
              pathex=['/app'],
              binaries=[],
              datas=[('gprofiler/resources', 'gprofiler/resources')],
-             hiddenimports=['backports.tarfile'],
+             hiddenimports=['backports.tarfile', 'pkg_resources'],
              hookspath=[],
              runtime_hooks=[],
              excludes=['readline'],
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5abaf6c79..fbad9d5e8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ psutil==7.0.0
 requests==2.33.0
 ConfigArgParse==1.7
 distro==1.9.0
-setuptools==78.1.1  # For pkg_resources
+setuptools==83.0.0  # For pkg_resources
 packaging==24.2
 pyelftools~=0.32
 curlify==2.2.1
diff --git a/scripts/check_pyinstaller.sh b/scripts/check_pyinstaller.sh
index 348b0dc3e..1aadb2642 100755
--- a/scripts/check_pyinstaller.sh
+++ b/scripts/check_pyinstaller.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 set -uo pipefail
 
 # grep returns 0 if a match is found and 1 if no match is found
-result=$(grep "gprofiler\." "build/pyinstaller/warn-pyinstaller.txt" | grep -v 'missing module named wmi' | grep -v 'missing module named pythoncom' | grep -v 'missing module named netifaces' | grep -v 'missing module named cpuid')
+result=$(grep "gprofiler\." "build/pyinstaller/warn-pyinstaller.txt" | grep -v 'missing module named wmi' | grep -v 'missing module named pythoncom' | grep -v 'missing module named netifaces' | grep -v 'missing module named cpuid' | grep -v 'missing module named pkg_resources')
 
 if [ -n "$result" ]; then
 	echo "$result"