diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-build.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-build.yml
index aa968591..6e56a408 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-build.yml
@@ -252,7 +252,8 @@ jobs:
           pip3 install virtualenv
           virtualenv venv
           source venv/bin/activate
-          pip install --upgrade pip setuptools 
+          pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install setuptools>=70.0.0
           pip install -r requirements.txt
           pip install -r dev-requirements.txt
           mkdir -p test-results
diff --git a/services/workshop/requirements.txt b/services/workshop/requirements.txt
index c10137dd..eb177c56 100644
--- a/services/workshop/requirements.txt
+++ b/services/workshop/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+setuptools>=70.0.0
 bcrypt==4.1.2
 Django~=4.1.13
 cryptography==40.0.2