diff --git a/scripts/firedrake-install b/scripts/firedrake-install
index 7a1a5c28ab..492d0ae25e 100755
--- a/scripts/firedrake-install
+++ b/scripts/firedrake-install
@@ -1658,6 +1658,8 @@ run_pip(["install", "-U", "hatch"])
 run_pip(["install", "-U", "editables"])
 run_pip(["install", "-U", "pip"])
 run_pip(["install", "-U", "wheel"])
+run_pip(["install", "-U", "scikit-build-core"])
+run_pip(["install", "-U", "rtree>=1.2"])
 
 # Extra numpy dependendencies, see
 # https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/main/pyproject.toml