diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index 27e7060..bb423db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install -r requirements.txt "setuptools<72"
+        pip install -r requirements.txt 'setuptools<72.0.0'
         pip install .
     - name: Lint with flake8
       run: |