diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 997eed1b..135a8505 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ jobs:
       - image: cimg/python:3.12
     steps:
       - checkout
+      - run:
+          name: install dependencies
+          command: >
+            pip3 install --user -r ci-requirements.txt
       - run:
           name: install dependencies
           command: >
diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 7c476739..b2ad1f22 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -10,30 +10,35 @@ steps:
   - name: client-test-38
     image: python:3.8
     commands:
+      - pip3 install -r ci-requirements.txt --user
       - pip3 install -r requirements.txt --user
       - pip3 install -r test-requirements.txt --user
       - python3 -m pytest --no-header -vv --disable-warnings --cov=pycti --drone
   - name: client-test-39
     image: python:3.9
     commands:
+      - pip3 install -r ci-requirements.txt --user
       - pip3 install -r requirements.txt --user
       - pip3 install -r test-requirements.txt --user
       - python3 -m pytest --no-header -vv --disable-warnings --cov=pycti --drone
   - name: client-test-310
     image: python:3.10
     commands:
+      - pip3 install -r ci-requirements.txt --user
       - pip3 install -r requirements.txt --user
       - pip3 install -r test-requirements.txt --user
       - python3 -m pytest --no-header -vv --disable-warnings --cov=pycti --drone
   - name: client-test-311
     image: python:3.11
     commands:
+      - pip3 install -r ci-requirements.txt --user
       - pip3 install -r requirements.txt --user
       - pip3 install -r test-requirements.txt --user
       - python3 -m pytest --no-header -vv --disable-warnings --cov=pycti --drone
   - name: client-test-312
     image: python:3.12
     commands:
+      - pip3 install -r ci-requirements.txt --user
       - pip3 install -r requirements.txt --user
       - pip3 install -r test-requirements.txt --user
       - python3 -m pytest --no-header -vv --disable-warnings --cov=pycti --drone
diff --git a/ci-requirements.txt b/ci-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dfbeefb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+setuptools~=78.1.0; python_version >= '3.10'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3758794c..69a0bfc0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ python_json_logger~=2.0.4
 PyYAML~=6.0
 pydantic>=2.8.2,<2.11
 requests>=2.32.0,<=2.32.3
-setuptools~=71.1.0
+setuptools>=71.1.0,<79.0.0
 cachetools~=5.5.0
 prometheus-client~=0.21.1
 opentelemetry-api>=1.22.0,<=1.30.0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index df1a6d00..62a50c2b 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ install_requires =
     python_json_logger~=2.0.4
     PyYAML~=6.0
     requests>=2.32.0,<=2.32.3
-    setuptools~=71.1.0
+    setuptools>=71.1.0,<79.0.0
     cachetools~=5.5.0
     prometheus-client~=0.21.1
     opentelemetry-api>=1.22.0,<=1.30.0