diff --git a/setup-release.py b/setup-release.py
index 159974488d..f74955cb30 100644
--- a/setup-release.py
+++ b/setup-release.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
               'kubernetes.utils', 'kubernetes.client.apis',
               'kubernetes.dynamic', 'kubernetes.leaderelection',
               'kubernetes.leaderelection.resourcelock',
+              'kubernetes.informer',
               'kubernetes_asyncio',
               'kubernetes_asyncio.config',
               'kubernetes_asyncio.client',
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 149f6117a5..65e6a43827 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@
               'kubernetes.stream', 'kubernetes.client.models',
               'kubernetes.utils', 'kubernetes.client.apis',
               'kubernetes.dynamic', 'kubernetes.leaderelection',
-              'kubernetes.leaderelection.resourcelock'],
+              'kubernetes.leaderelection.resourcelock',
+              'kubernetes.informer',
+              ],
     include_package_data=True,
     long_description="Python client for kubernetes http://kubernetes.io/",
     python_requires='>=3.10',