diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0997610..f54b0ab 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 
+packaging==22.0 # need packaging for tbapy https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/4501
+setuptools<71.0.0
 pbr!=2.1.0,>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-openstackclient>=5.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 ansible-core