diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20230228-130318.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20230228-130318.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..abcbee150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Fixes-20230228-130318.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Fixes
+body: add pytz dependency
+time: 2023-02-28T13:03:18.353468+01:00
+custom:
+  Author: sdebruyn
+  Issue: "7077"
diff --git a/core/setup.py b/core/setup.py
index 5de515cec..cb53f8ec0 100644
--- a/core/setup.py
+++ b/core/setup.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
         "typing-extensions>=3.7.4",
         "werkzeug>=1,<3",
         "pathspec>=0.9,<0.11",
+        "pytz>=2015.7",
         # the following are all to match snowflake-connector-python
         "requests<3.0.0",
         "idna>=2.5,<4",
diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index ada2d734b..ecaa8b251 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ pytest-dotenv
 pytest-logbook
 pytest-mock
 pytest-xdist
-pytz
 sphinx
 tox>=3.13
 twine