diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonapp.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonapp.yml
index cd6b6ccede..fe04f96a80 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonapp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonapp.yml
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ jobs:
         key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ steps.pip-cache.outputs.datew }}
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
+        find  /opt/hostedtoolcache/* -maxdepth 0 ! -name 'Python' -exec rm -rf {} \;
         python -m pip install --user --upgrade pip setuptools wheel twine
         # install the latest pytorch for testing
         # however, "pip install monai*.tar.gz" will build cpp/cuda with an isolated
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index ced783443e..72ba210093 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ black>=22.12
 isort>=5.1
 ruff
 pytype>=2020.6.1; platform_system != "Windows"
-types-pkg_resources
+types-setuptools
 mypy>=1.5.0
 ninja
 torchvision