diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev_release_esptool_pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/dev_release_esptool_pypi.yml
index 61cd63038..8f12e6846 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev_release_esptool_pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev_release_esptool_pypi.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        python -m pip install twine setuptools
+        python -m pip install twine 'setuptools>=64'
 
     - name: Create development release ${{ github.ref_name }}
       env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_esptool_pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/release_esptool_pypi.yml
index cd0c01bb0..8268e24d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_esptool_pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_esptool_pypi.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install setuptools twine
+        pip install 'setuptools>=64' twine
     - name: Build and upload esptool ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
       env:
         TWINE_USERNAME: __token__
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_esptool.yml b/.github/workflows/test_esptool.yml
index adc4a3b0c..597c029b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_esptool.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_esptool.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install setuptools
+        pip install 'setuptools>=64'
 
     - name: SoftHSM2 setup
       run: |