diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f3ba81d8f..e9b376403 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ pyinstaller_base = [
     "PartSeg[accelerate]",
     "PyInstaller",
     "pydantic",
+    "nme", # for older plugins that still use nme
 ]
 pyqt = [
     "PartSeg[pyqt6]",