diff --git a/conda/dev-environment-unix.yml b/conda/dev-environment-unix.yml
index 843c6fdb..bacc1dfe 100644
--- a/conda/dev-environment-unix.yml
+++ b/conda/dev-environment-unix.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ dependencies:
  - ruamel.yaml
  - ruff>=0.3,<0.4
  - scikit-build
+ - setuptools>=69,<74
  - sqlalchemy
  - tar
  - threadpoolctl
diff --git a/conda/dev-environment-win.yml b/conda/dev-environment-win.yml
index 704f6948..a27d172c 100644
--- a/conda/dev-environment-win.yml
+++ b/conda/dev-environment-win.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ dependencies:
  - ruamel.yaml
  - ruff>=0.3,<0.4
  - scikit-build
+ - setuptools>=69,<74
  - sqlalchemy
  - threadpoolctl
  - tornado
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fb02c2fb..e9178160 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ requires = [
     "pyarrow>=7.0.0",
     "ruamel.yaml",
     "scikit-build",
-    "setuptools>=69",
+    "setuptools>=69,<74",
 ]
 build-backend="setuptools.build_meta"