diff --git a/tools/mpremote/requirements.txt b/tools/mpremote/requirements.txt
index 6209cde5c..0aa2bb42a 100644
--- a/tools/mpremote/requirements.txt
+++ b/tools/mpremote/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 pyserial >= 3.3
 importlib_metadata >= 1.4; python_version < "3.8"
+platformdirs >= 4.3.7