diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 522b628..39c22fc 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ jobs:
       - checkout
       - run:
           name: Test
-          command: python setup.py test
+          command: |
+            pip install --force-reinstall 'setuptools==71.1.0'
+            python setup.py test
     docker:
       - image: cimg/python:<<parameters.python_version>>