diff --git a/pylib/Makefile b/pylib/Makefile
index b9e6aa633..dcd21e18c 100644
--- a/pylib/Makefile
+++ b/pylib/Makefile
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ anki/buildinfo.py: ../meta/version ../meta/buildhash
 
 VER := $(shell cat ../meta/version)
 .build/vernum: ../meta/version
-	sed -i.bak 's/.*automatically updated.*/    version="$(VER)",  # automatically updated/' setup.py
+	sed -i.bak 's/.*automatically updated 1.*/    "ankirspy==$(VER)",  # automatically updated 1/' setup.py
+	sed -i.bak 's/.*automatically updated 2.*/    version="$(VER)",  # automatically updated 2/' setup.py
 	rm setup.py.bak
 	@touch $@
diff --git a/pylib/setup.py b/pylib/setup.py
index 28a43113e..b93cc5f7e 100644
--- a/pylib/setup.py
+++ b/pylib/setup.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ install_requires = [
     "requests",
     "decorator",
     "protobuf",
+    "ankirspy==2.1.25",  # automatically updated 1
     'orjson; platform_machine == "x86_64"',
     'psutil; sys_platform == "win32"',
     'distro; sys_platform != "darwin" and sys_platform != "win32"',
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ install_requires = [
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="anki",
-    version="2.1.25",  # automatically updated
+    version="2.1.25",  # automatically updated 2
     author="Ankitects Pty Ltd",
     description="Anki's library code",
     long_description="Anki's library code",
diff --git a/qt/Makefile b/qt/Makefile
index 2ebee6968..e11da7c3d 100644
--- a/qt/Makefile
+++ b/qt/Makefile
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ aqt/buildinfo.py: ../meta/version ../meta/buildhash
 
 VER := $(shell cat ../meta/version)
 .build/vernum: ../meta/version
-	sed -i.bak 's/.*automatically updated.*/    version="$(VER)",  # automatically updated/' setup.py
+	sed -i.bak 's/.*automatically updated 1.*/    "anki==$(VER)",  # automatically updated 1/' setup.py
+	sed -i.bak 's/.*automatically updated 2.*/    version="$(VER)",  # automatically updated 2/' setup.py
 	rm setup.py.bak
 	@touch $@
diff --git a/qt/setup.py b/qt/setup.py
index 38f4e2b72..650062163 100644
--- a/qt/setup.py
+++ b/qt/setup.py
@@ -30,12 +30,13 @@ install_requires = [
     "pyqt5>=5.9",
     'psutil; sys.platform == "win32"',
     'pywin32; sys.platform == "win32"',
+    "anki==2.1.25",  # automatically updated 1
 ]
 
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="aqt",
-    version="2.1.25",  # automatically updated
+    version="2.1.25",  # automatically updated 2
     author="Ankitects Pty Ltd",
     description="Anki's Qt GUI code",
     long_description="Anki's QT GUI code",