diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8e4e8b4c5042..b3fd8314262c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ packaging
 psutil
 pyyaml
 requests
-setuptools
+# issue on Windows after >= 75.8.2 - https://github.com/pytorch/pytorch/issues/148877
+setuptools<=75.8.2
 sympy>=1.13.3
 types-dataclasses
 typing-extensions>=4.10.0