diff --git a/.github/workflows/package.yml b/.github/workflows/package.yml
index bdb2afe..d072434 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: '>=3.7'
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          python -m pip install setuptools_scm # for setup.py --version
+          python -m pip install setuptools_scm~=7.0 # for setup.py --version
           sudo apt-get install flex bison ccache
       - name: Set up caching
         uses: actions/cache@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/track-wasmtime.yml b/.github/workflows/track-wasmtime.yml
index 6ba587d..aebc328 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/track-wasmtime.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/track-wasmtime.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         if: steps.track-version.outputs.status == 'stale'
         run: |
-          python -m pip install setuptools_scm # for setup.py --version
+          python -m pip install setuptools_scm~=7.0 # for setup.py --version
           sudo apt-get install flex bison ccache
       - name: Set up caching
         if: steps.track-version.outputs.status == 'stale'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 422c2ad..231cc0f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools~=67.0", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2"]
+requires = ["setuptools~=67.0", "setuptools_scm[toml]~=7.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]