diff --git a/.azure/pipelines.yml b/.azure/pipelines.yml
index 16fe21a814..f539deaee0 100644
--- a/.azure/pipelines.yml
+++ b/.azure/pipelines.yml
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ stages:
         condition: startsWith(variables.image, 'windows')
 
       - bash: |
-          conda create --quiet --name wheelEnvironment --channel conda-forge python=3.10
+          conda create --quiet --name wheelEnvironment --channel conda-forge python=3.10 "setuptools<72.0"
           source activate wheelEnvironment
           mkdir -p tmp
           cd tmp