diff --git a/.azure/pipelines.yml b/.azure/pipelines.yml
index d249787976..16fe21a814 100644
--- a/.azure/pipelines.yml
+++ b/.azure/pipelines.yml
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ stages:
 
       - bash: |
           source activate myEnvironment
-          python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel
+          python -m pip install --upgrade "setuptools<72.0" wheel
           python setup.py bdist_wheel
           python3 -m pip install check-wheel-contents
           check-wheel-contents dist/*.whl