diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index 0d351e78..dab8d313 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ mkdocs-mermaid2-plugin
 mkdocs-redirects
 pandas
 pyyaml
-setuptools
+setuptools<81
 tabulate