diff --git a/requirements/requirements_setup_requires.txt b/requirements/requirements_setup_requires.txt
index 86a59dd939..b6a1d0aea9 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements_setup_requires.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements_setup_requires.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pbr>=1.8
-setuptools_scm>=1.15.0
+setuptools_scm>=1.15.0,<3.0
 vcversioner>=2.16.0.0
 pytest-runner
 isort