diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4c2af57a..7f054d5d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ matrix:
            SWTPM_TEST_STORE_VOLATILE="1"
       before_script:
       - sudo apt-get -y install libtpm2-pkcs11-tools
+      - sudo pip install setuptools==59.6.0
       - sudo pip install cpp-coveralls
       - p=$PWD; while [ "$PWD" != "/" ]; do chmod o+x . &>/dev/null ; cd .. ; done; cd $p
         && sudo mkdir src/swtpm/.libs