diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index b3546fc1..a102aed9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -26,14 +26,13 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install ubuntu dependencies
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt-get install python-setuptools iptables nftables python3-nftables
+        sudo apt-get install iptables nftables python3-nftables
 
     - name: Install python dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install -e .
+        pip install setuptools==75.5.0
         pip install -e .[dev]
-        pip install --upgrade 'setuptools<45.0.0'
 
     - name: Lint with flake8
       run: |