diff --git a/ingestion/Makefile b/ingestion/Makefile
index 719784b95341..b8f270644c3c 100644
--- a/ingestion/Makefile
+++ b/ingestion/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ install_all:  ## Install the ingestion module with all dependencies
 
 .PHONY: install_apis
 install_apis:  ## Install the REST APIs module to the current environment
-	python -m pip install $(ROOT_DIR)/openmetadata-airflow-apis/
+	python -m pip install $(ROOT_DIR)/openmetadata-airflow-apis/ setuptools==69.0.2
 
 .PHONY: lint
 lint:  ## Run pylint on the Python sources to analyze the codebase
diff --git a/openmetadata-airflow-apis/pyproject.toml b/openmetadata-airflow-apis/pyproject.toml
index 0f7b573e330a..11511c4c82f0 100644
--- a/openmetadata-airflow-apis/pyproject.toml
+++ b/openmetadata-airflow-apis/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools"]
+requires = ["setuptools==69.0.2"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 # We will keep handling dependencies in setup.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "apache-airflow>=2.2.2",
     "Flask>=1.1.4",
     "Flask-Admin==1.6.0",
+    "setuptools==69.0.2",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]