diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate-coverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/generate-coverage.yaml
index bfbefb61d2..e4fa16c591 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate-coverage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate-coverage.yaml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dpctl dependencies
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
-          pip install numpy cython setuptools pytest pytest-cov scikit-build cmake coverage[toml] versioneer[toml]==0.29
+          pip install numpy cython setuptools"<80" pytest pytest-cov scikit-build cmake coverage[toml] versioneer[toml]==0.29
 
       - name: Build dpctl with coverage
         shell: bash -l {0}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/os-llvm-sycl-build.yml b/.github/workflows/os-llvm-sycl-build.yml
index 9775f0b2c7..d5b648c3e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/os-llvm-sycl-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/os-llvm-sycl-build.yml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dpctl dependencies
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
-          pip install numpy cython setuptools pytest scikit-build cmake ninja versioneer[toml]==0.29
+          pip install numpy cython setuptools"<80" pytest scikit-build cmake ninja versioneer[toml]==0.29
 
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2