diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index cc2483b..7acb60f 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ def test(session, with_pythran, with_cython):
         if session.python is not None
         else sys.version.split(maxsplit=1)[0]
     )
-    if version.parse(py_version) < version.parse("3.12"):
+    if version.parse(py_version) < version.parse("3.13"):
+        # Numba not yet compatible with 3.13 (2024-12-02)
         session.install("numba")
-    else:
-        session.install("setuptools")
 
     session.install("jax", "jaxlib")
 
@@ -33,6 +32,8 @@ def test(session, with_pythran, with_cython):
     if with_cython:
         session.install("cython")
 
+    session.install("setuptools<60.0")
+
     if version.parse(py_version) < version.parse("3.12"):
         for backend in ("python", "pythran"):
             print(f"TRANSONIC_BACKEND={backend}")