diff --git a/build-tools/build-wheels/docker/centos-dockerfile b/build-tools/build-wheels/docker/centos-dockerfile
index 170a71a9..11bab28e 100644
--- a/build-tools/build-wheels/docker/centos-dockerfile
+++ b/build-tools/build-wheels/docker/centos-dockerfile
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ RUN set -ex ;\
                    wget openldap-devel mariadb mariadb-devel \
                    libvirt libvirt-devel liberasurecode-devel nss-devel \
                    systemd-devel postgresql-devel ;\
+# pip<19.2.3 doesn't ignore yanked packages from pypi.org
+    python3 -m pip install pip==19.2.3 ;\
+# setuptools-scm's maintainers keep publishing and yanking new versions.
+# Pin it to latest version known to work
+    python3 -m pip install setuptools-scm==6.0.1 ;\
 # while setuptools is larger than 45.3, it no longer support "Features" in setup.py
     python3 -m pip install --user setuptools==45.3 ;\
     python3 -m pip install --user --upgrade wheel