diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a382edd138f..b6074ff55a8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools==69.5.1", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]