diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index e028d1a..6be7777 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip<23.0.0
         pip3 install -e .[dev]
         pip3 install coveralls
     - name: Code flake8 check