diff --git a/requirements/requirements_setup_requires.txt b/requirements/requirements_setup_requires.txt
index 82e6dbdc32..cdd98344ba 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements_setup_requires.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements_setup_requires.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 pbr>=1.8
 setuptools_scm>=3.1.0
+setuptools==41.6.0
 vcversioner>=2.16.0.0
 pytest-runner
 isort