diff --git a/Doc/Makefile b/Doc/Makefile
index b8ca1edfbc60a5..87d5d07665c863 100644
--- a/Doc/Makefile
+++ b/Doc/Makefile
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ clean:
 
 venv:
 	$(PYTHON) -m venv $(VENVDIR)
-	$(VENVDIR)/bin/python3 -m pip install -U pip setuptools
+#	$(VENVDIR)/bin/python3 -m pip install -U pip setuptools
+	$(VENVDIR)/bin/python3 -m pip install -U pip setuptools==49.2.1
 	$(VENVDIR)/bin/python3 -m pip install -U Sphinx==2.3.1 blurb python-docs-theme
 	@echo "The venv has been created in the $(VENVDIR) directory"