diff --git a/.github/workflows/CD.yml b/.github/workflows/CD.yml
index f390099f55..cdc9a0c789 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CD.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CD.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          pip install twine wheel setuptools
+          pip install twine wheel "setuptools<82"
           python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
       - name: Publish to PyPI
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-website.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-website.yml
index 2b02240400..c35516494e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-website.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-website.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: pydoc-markdown install
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install pydoc-markdown==4.7.0 setuptools
+          pip install pydoc-markdown==4.7.0 "setuptools<82"
       - name: pydoc-markdown run
         run: |
           pydoc-markdown
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: pydoc-markdown install
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install pydoc-markdown==4.7.0 setuptools
+          pip install pydoc-markdown==4.7.0 "setuptools<82"
       - name: pydoc-markdown run
         run: |
           pydoc-markdown
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
index 60149b37bf..6b4124a386 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
           export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/opt/libomp/lib -L/usr/local/opt/libomp/lib -lomp"
       - name: Install packages and dependencies
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip wheel setuptools
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip wheel "setuptools<82"
           pip install -e .
           python -c "import flaml"
           pip install -e .[test]