diff --git a/tests/setup.py b/tests/setup.py
index f31550dd787c6..0ecacaf90e8d7 100644
--- a/tests/setup.py
+++ b/tests/setup.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
     package_data={'': ['*.md']},
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=[
-        'ducktape@git+https://github.com/redpanda-data/ducktape.git@fd01d72b8c82ae852986bb288c69818c7ffb4de8',
         'prometheus-client==0.9.0',
+        'ducktape@git+https://github.com/redpanda-data/ducktape.git@fd01d72b8c82ae852986bb288c69818c7ffb4de8',
         'pyyaml==6.0',
         'kafka-python==2.0.2',
         'crc32c==2.2',