diff --git a/homeassistant/package_constraints.txt b/homeassistant/package_constraints.txt
index e68407ca389..9606d51aefd 100644
--- a/homeassistant/package_constraints.txt
+++ b/homeassistant/package_constraints.txt
@@ -183,3 +183,7 @@ pandas==2.1.4
 
 # chacha20poly1305-reuseable==0.12.0 is incompatible with cryptography==42.0.x
 chacha20poly1305-reuseable>=0.12.1
+
+# pycountry<23.12.11 imports setuptools at run time
+# https://github.com/pycountry/pycountry/blob/ea69bab36f00df58624a0e490fdad4ccdc14268b/HISTORY.txt#L39
+pycountry>=23.12.11
diff --git a/script/gen_requirements_all.py b/script/gen_requirements_all.py
index aea5548aa76..8db6aee8a96 100755
--- a/script/gen_requirements_all.py
+++ b/script/gen_requirements_all.py
@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ pandas==2.1.4
 
 # chacha20poly1305-reuseable==0.12.0 is incompatible with cryptography==42.0.x
 chacha20poly1305-reuseable>=0.12.1
+
+# pycountry<23.12.11 imports setuptools at run time
+# https://github.com/pycountry/pycountry/blob/ea69bab36f00df58624a0e490fdad4ccdc14268b/HISTORY.txt#L39
+pycountry>=23.12.11
 """
 
 GENERATED_MESSAGE = (