diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index c75f3868a..1df39ebea 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -2807,4 +2807,4 @@ test = ["big-O", "importlib-resources", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools",
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.9"
-content-hash = "1cccf4aa9ff3d9bc53049aa49aa2182ee4f41e773d8a5ccba5028724a2879966"
+content-hash = "f55c3a6780ecfed4a2fff84dec14688bab18c2815db93510c027774d26b44f80"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 62643fb6a..f35c360d2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ ipywidgets = "8.1.2"
 # If updating setuptools version, please verify the odh-notebooks-sync workflow continues to work.
 # https://github.com/project-codeflare/codeflare-sdk/actions/workflows/odh-notebooks-sync.yml
 # Reference: https://github.com/target/strelka/pull/469
-setuptools = "70.1.0"
+setuptools = "<= 70.1.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.docs]
 optional = true