diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index 51a2c6498..33ba4efa0 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ reno>=3.1.0 # Apache-2.0
 sphinx>=2.0.0,!=2.1.0 # BSD
 sphinxcontrib-svg2pdfconverter>=0.1.0 # BSD
 whereto>=0.3.0 # Apache-2.0
+# NOTE(priteau): pin setuptools
+# https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/stable/history.html#v82-0-0
+setuptools==81.0.0