diff --git a/recipes/blaze2/meta.yaml b/recipes/blaze2/meta.yaml
index 098c5e8149ec3..9666e8318c9c3 100644
--- a/recipes/blaze2/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipes/blaze2/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% set name = "BLAZE2" %}
-{% set version = "2.5.0" %}
+{% set version = "2.5.1" %}
 
 package:
   name: {{ name|lower }}
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ package:
 
 source:
   url: https://github.com/shimlab/BLAZE/archive/refs/tags/v{{ version }}.tar.gz
-  sha256: f47175997742562add1deb9524e468b6709e40c92f74165a1a0fe1897b2919fc
+  sha256: 3f48c94d061506c4ec4e2a029396d36ffbd1e1e0746d7d3c201f7238b36c10aa
 
 build:
   number: 0
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ requirements:
   host:
     - python >=3
     - pip
+    - setuptools
   run:
     - python >=3
     - fast-edit-distance ==1.2.1