diff --git a/agent/worker/docker_utils.py b/agent/worker/docker_utils.py
index 7d14a13..9a52070 100644
--- a/agent/worker/docker_utils.py
+++ b/agent/worker/docker_utils.py
@@ -135,8 +135,9 @@ def _docker_pull(docker_api, docker_image_name, logger, raise_exception=True):
     registry = resolve_registry(docker_image_name)
     auth = _registry_auth_from_env(registry)
     for i in range(0, PULL_RETRIES + 1):
+        retry_str = f" (retry {i}/{PULL_RETRIES})" if i > 0 else ""
         progress_dummy = Progress(
-            "Pulling image..." + f" (retry {i}/{PULL_RETRIES})" if i > 0 else "",
+            "Pulling image..." + retry_str,
             1,
             ext_logger=logger,
         )
@@ -183,19 +184,21 @@ def _docker_pull_progress(docker_api, docker_image_name, logger, raise_exception
             loaded = set()
             pulled = set()
 
+            retry_str = f" (retry {i}/{PULL_RETRIES})" if i > 0 else ""
+
             progress_full = Progress(
-                "Preparing dockerimage" + f" (retry {i}/{PULL_RETRIES})" if i > 0 else "",
+                "Preparing dockerimage" + retry_str,
                 1,
                 ext_logger=logger,
             )
             progres_ext = Progress(
-                "Extracting layers" + f" (retry {i}/{PULL_RETRIES})" if i > 0 else "",
+                "Extracting layers" + retry_str,
                 1,
                 is_size=True,
                 ext_logger=logger,
             )
             progress_load = Progress(
-                "Downloading layers" + f" (retry {i}/{PULL_RETRIES})" if i > 0 else "",
+                "Downloading layers" + retry_str,
                 1,
                 is_size=True,
                 ext_logger=logger,
diff --git a/agent/worker/task_app.py b/agent/worker/task_app.py
index 17b27cf..7420e8c 100644
--- a/agent/worker/task_app.py
+++ b/agent/worker/task_app.py
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ def install_pip_requirements(self, container_id=None):
             )
             progress_dummy.iter_done_report()
 
-            command = "pip3 install --disable-pip-version-check --upgrade setuptools==70.3.0"
+            command = "pip3 install --disable-pip-version-check --upgrade setuptools==69.0.0"
             self.logger.info(f"PIP command: {command}")
             self._exec_command(command, add_envs=self.main_step_envs(), container_id=container_id)
             self.process_logs()