diff --git a/.github/workflows/dco-check.yml b/.github/workflows/dco-check.yml
index 7dc03eb03..050665ec9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dco-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dco-check.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ on: [pull_request]
 
 jobs:
   check:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on:
+        group: databricks-protected-runner-group
+        labels: linux-ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check for DCO
         id: dco-check
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ea5bd938d..440ff6b5f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ requests = "^2.18.1"
 oauthlib = "^3.1.0"
 openpyxl = "^3.0.10"
 urllib3 = ">=1.26"
+packaging = ">=20.0"
 pyarrow = [
     { version = ">=14.0.1", python = ">=3.8,<3.13", optional=true },
     { version = ">=18.0.0", python = ">=3.13", optional=true }