diff --git a/developer/bootstrap.rst b/developer/bootstrap.rst
index 43f6389..8a6f35f 100644
--- a/developer/bootstrap.rst
+++ b/developer/bootstrap.rst
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ You might want to make sure that the venv is using up-to-date versions of the so
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-    $ pip install -U pip setuptools
+    $ pip install -U pip 'setuptools>=40.5.0,<80'
 
 Fetch the sources
 -----------------
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 388eb65..17b8ded 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ pytest-repeat
 pytest-rerunfailures
 pytest-runner
 PyYAML
-setuptools>=40.5.0
+setuptools>=40.5.0,<80