diff --git a/app/app/build.gradle b/app/app/build.gradle
index 68903d5baca01512428f2730869667fb7e530ec1..357558103f503a5fab89a38bc145f9b29560736b 100644
--- a/app/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/app/build.gradle
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ android {
             // Android UI demo
             pip {
                 install "Pygments==2.2.0"   // Also used in Java API demo
+		install "setuptools>=45"
+		install "cbor2==4.1.2"
+		// latest tahoe-lafs fails to install because pycddl fails to install
+		// pycddl fails to install because it has no setup.py
+		install "tahoe-lafs==1.17.1"
             }
             staticProxy "chaquopy.demo.ui_demo"