diff --git a/scripts/validate-commits b/scripts/validate-commits
--- a/scripts/validate-commits
+++ b/scripts/validate-commits
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ for rev in $(hg log -r "$revset" -T '{no
     cleanup
     python3 -m venv "$venv"
     source "$venv/bin/activate"
-    pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
+    pip install --upgrade pip "setuptools<67"
     pip install -e . -r dev_requirements.txt python-ldap python-pam
 
     # run-all-cleanup