diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index 5b092493b3..28a8caa46f 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ requests
 scikit-image==0.20.0
 scikit-learn
 scipy==1.9.1
+setuptools<=81
 shapely==2.0.5
 sphinx==3.5.4
 sphinx_bootstrap_theme