diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 1382b2152..61ac32752 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: env setup
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools pip wheel
+          python -m pip install --upgrade "setuptools<66" pip wheel
           python -m pip install "tox<4" tox-gh-actions
       - name: lint
         run: tox -e flakes