diff --git a/tests_and_analysis/ci_requirements.txt b/tests_and_analysis/ci_requirements.txt
index 4ee4819a..a6881366 100644
--- a/tests_and_analysis/ci_requirements.txt
+++ b/tests_and_analysis/ci_requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 tox==3.28.0
-setuptools<72.0
+setuptools<68.0