diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-depiction/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-depiction/action.yml
index 66bc468..b1028db 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-depiction/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-depiction/action.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         pip install uv
-        uv pip install --system setuptools
+        uv pip install --system setuptools==69.5.1
         uv pip install --system ".[dev,testing]"
     - name: Print installed packages
       shell: bash