diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 000907f..d7fb93f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: '3.x'
-      - run: pip install -U pip setuptools
+      - run: pip install -U pip=22.x setuptools
       - run: pip --version && pip show setuptools
       - run: pip -vvv install . -C verbose=true