diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 084febc461f..7897aac4dde 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 [tox]
-minversion = 2.5
+minversion = 3.2.0
 skipsdist = True
 skip_missing_interpreters = true
 envlist = py37,py27,compliance,pep8
+# Pin the virtualenv and therefore the setuptools version used for the env
+# creation. This results in a new tox being installed in .tox/.tox virtualenv
+# and the tox on the host will delegate all the calls to the tox in that env.
+requires = virtualenv<20.8
 
 [testenv]
 setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}