diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 78cc0631ff..33c30d1ad6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ RECEPTOR_IMAGE ?= quay.io/ansible/receptor:devel
 SRC_ONLY_PKGS ?= cffi,pycparser,psycopg2,twilio
 # These should be upgraded in the AWX and Ansible venv before attempting
 # to install the actual requirements
-VENV_BOOTSTRAP ?= pip==21.2.4 setuptools>=62.4.0 setuptools_scm[toml]==7.0.5 wheel==0.38.4
+VENV_BOOTSTRAP ?= pip==21.2.4 setuptools==65.6.3 setuptools_scm[toml]==7.0.5 wheel==0.38.4
 
 NAME ?= awx