diff --git a/tests_requirements_38_39.txt b/tests_requirements_38_39.txt
index dc553097..ca372f3b 100644
--- a/tests_requirements_38_39.txt
+++ b/tests_requirements_38_39.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Test requirements specific to Python 3.8 and 3.9
+setuptools<72  # Need to avoid error: "AttributeError: module 'setuptools.dist' has no attribute 'check_test_suite'"
 
 # Code quality tools:
 black==21.7b0