diff --git a/devops/install.ubuntu.sh b/devops/install.ubuntu.sh
index bbba04548..32855f59a 100644
--- a/devops/install.ubuntu.sh
+++ b/devops/install.ubuntu.sh
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade \
     'cmake!=3.18.2' \
     ninja \
     scikit-build \
-    'setuptools>=42' \
+    'setuptools==59.5.0' \
     'setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4' \
     cython==3.0.0 \
     numpy \