diff --git a/install_puppet.sh b/install_puppet.sh
index 99ae790986..b21f164a54 100755
--- a/install_puppet.sh
+++ b/install_puppet.sh
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ function setup_pip {
     fi
 
     python get-pip.py
-    pip install -U setuptools
+    pip install -U "setuptools<8.0"
 }
 
 setup_pip