diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9fc60faa..188e006c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ ARG SKYLINE_CONSOLE_REF=master
 # Virtualenv arguments
 
 ARG PIP_VERSION_CONSTRAINT=""
-ARG SETUPTOOL_CONSTRAINT=""
+# As of setuptools 82.0.0 (released 2026-02-08), pkg_resources was removed from setuptools.
+ARG SETUPTOOL_CONSTRAINT="<81"
 ARG WHEEL_CONSTRAINT=""
 
 # End virtualenv argumens
diff --git a/Dockerfile.runtime b/Dockerfile.runtime
index c140d997..19c8eede 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.runtime
+++ b/Dockerfile.runtime
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ ARG PROJECT_PIP_EXTRAS
 
 # These are needed when virtualenv is created.
 ARG PIP_VERSION_CONSTRAINT=""
-ARG SETUPTOOL_CONSTRAINT=""
+# As of setuptools 82.0.0 (released 2026-02-08), pkg_resources was removed from setuptools.
+ARG SETUPTOOL_CONSTRAINT="<81"
 ARG WHEEL_CONSTRAINT=""
 
 COPY scripts /opt/loci/scripts
diff --git a/Dockerfile.venv_builder b/Dockerfile.venv_builder
index 1ae10035..5cc1a4b5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.venv_builder
+++ b/Dockerfile.venv_builder
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ ARG SOURCES_DIR="/tmp"
 
 # Optional constraints for pip, setuptools, and wheel
 ARG PIP_VERSION_CONSTRAINT=""
-ARG SETUPTOOL_CONSTRAINT=""
+# As of setuptools 82.0.0 (released 2026-02-08), pkg_resources was removed from setuptools.
+ARG SETUPTOOL_CONSTRAINT="<81"
 ARG WHEEL_CONSTRAINT=""
 
 COPY scripts /opt/loci/scripts
diff --git a/playbooks/uv_vars.yaml b/playbooks/uv_vars.yaml
index f3f005cb..aead052e 100644
--- a/playbooks/uv_vars.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/uv_vars.yaml
@@ -524,6 +524,8 @@ swift_image:
     - "PROJECT='swift'"
     - "PROJECT_REF={{ openstack_release }}"
     - "APT_MIRROR_HOST='{{ apt_mirror_host }}'"
+    - "PIP_PACKAGES='keystonemiddleware'"
+    - "DIST_PACKAGES='rsync'"
 
 tacker_image:
   context: "."
diff --git a/playbooks/vars.yaml b/playbooks/vars.yaml
index c8d650af..6e893358 100644
--- a/playbooks/vars.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/vars.yaml
@@ -515,6 +515,8 @@ swift_image:
     - "WHEELS='{{ image_registry.host }}/{{ image_registry.org }}/requirements:{{ image_tag }}'"
     - "KEEP_ALL_WHEELS=False"
     - "APT_MIRROR='{{ apt_mirror }}'"
+    - "PIP_PACKAGES='keystonemiddleware'"
+    - "DIST_PACKAGES='rsync'"
 
 tacker_image:
   context: "."
diff --git a/scripts/requirements.sh b/scripts/requirements.sh
index b112b2c8..7d974487 100755
--- a/scripts/requirements.sh
+++ b/scripts/requirements.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ mv ${SOURCES_DIR}/requirements/{global-requirements.txt,upper-constraints.txt} /
 # Setuptools from constraints is not compatible with other constrainted packages
 [[ "${PROJECT_REF}" == "master" ]] && sed -i '/setuptools/d' /upper-constraints.txt
 
+# As of setuptools 82.0.0 (released 2026-02-08), pkg_resources was removed from setuptools.
+# The issue is with this package XStatic-Angular-Schema-Form
+echo "setuptools<81" >> /upper-constraints.txt
+
 # NOTE(mnaser): confluent-kafka fails to build under aarch64 because the version
 #               of libfdkafka-dev in the distributions is too old (x86_64 relies
 #               on the wheel inside PyPI).
@@ -85,14 +89,14 @@ cat ${UPPER_CONSTRAINTS}
 # constrained on the version and we are building with --no-deps
 echo uwsgi enum-compat ${PIP_PACKAGES} | xargs -n1 | split -l1 -a3
 if [[ "$KEEP_ALL_WHEELS" == "False" ]]; then
-  ls -1 | xargs -n1 -P20 -t bash -c 'set -x; pip wheel ${PIP_WHEEL_ARGS} --find-links /source-wheels --find-links / --no-deps --wheel-dir / -c /global-requirements.txt -c ${UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_BUILD} -r $1 || cat $1 >> /failure' _ | tee /tmp/wheels.txt
+  ls -1 | xargs -n1 -P20 -t bash -c 'set -x; pip wheel ${PIP_WHEEL_ARGS} --find-links /source-wheels --find-links / --no-deps --wheel-dir / --build-constraint ${UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_BUILD} -c /global-requirements.txt -c ${UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_BUILD} -r $1 || cat $1 >> /failure' _ | tee /tmp/wheels.txt
   # Remove native-binary wheels, we only want to keep wheels that we
   # compiled ourselves.
   awk -F'[ ,]+' '/^Skipping/ {gsub("-","_");print $2}' /tmp/wheels.txt | xargs -r -n1 bash -c 'ls /$1-*' _ | sort -u | xargs -t -r rm
   # Wheels built from unnamed constraints were removed with previous command. Move them back after deletion.
   [ ! -z "$(ls -A /source-wheels)" ] && mv /source-wheels/*.whl /
 else
-  ls -1 | xargs -n1 -P20 -t bash -c 'set -x; mkdir $1-wheels; pip wheel ${PIP_WHEEL_ARGS} --find-links /source-wheels --find-links / --wheel-dir /$(pwd)/$1-wheels -c /global-requirements.txt -c ${UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_BUILD}  -r $1 || cat $1 >> /failure' _
+  ls -1 | xargs -n1 -P20 -t bash -c 'set -x; mkdir $1-wheels; pip wheel ${PIP_WHEEL_ARGS} --find-links /source-wheels --find-links / --wheel-dir /$(pwd)/$1-wheels --build-constraint ${UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_BUILD} -c /global-requirements.txt -c ${UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_BUILD}  -r $1 || cat $1 >> /failure' _
   for dir in *-wheels/; do [ ! -z "$(ls -A ${dir})" ] && mv ${dir}*.whl /; done
 fi
 
diff --git a/scripts/uv_build_venv.sh b/scripts/uv_build_venv.sh
index 3e190a69..b0f4da89 100755
--- a/scripts/uv_build_venv.sh
+++ b/scripts/uv_build_venv.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ fi
 # This line ensures that such constraint is absent.
 sed -i "/^${PROJECT}===/d" /upper-constraints.txt
 
-uv pip install -c /global-requirements.txt -c /upper-constraints.txt \
+# As of setuptools 82.0.0 (released 2026-02-08), pkg_resources was removed from setuptools.
+# The issue is with this package XStatic-Angular-Schema-Form
+echo "setuptools<81" >> /upper-constraints.txt
+
+uv pip install --build-constraint /upper-constraints.txt -c /global-requirements.txt -c /upper-constraints.txt \
     ${UV_PIP_ARGS} \
     ${project_cmd} ${extra_projects_path} ${PIP_PACKAGES}