diff --git a/requirements_versions.txt b/requirements_versions.txt
index 3df74f3d6..3037a395b 100644
--- a/requirements_versions.txt
+++ b/requirements_versions.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+setuptools==69.5.1  # temp fix for compatibility with some old packages
 GitPython==3.1.32
 Pillow==9.5.0
 accelerate==0.21.0