diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6a50814..9fe3ec1 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ def get_long_description() -> str:
     long_description=long_description,
     keywords=["OMERO.CLI", "plugin"],
     url="https://github.com/ome/omero-cli-zarr/",
-    setup_requires=["setuptools_scm"],
+    setup_requires=["setuptools_scm==7.1.0"],
     use_scm_version={"write_to": "src/omero_zarr/_version.py"},
 )