diff --git a/scripts/firedrake-install b/scripts/firedrake-install
index 17a8d7fdbc..dd3682c174 100755
--- a/scripts/firedrake-install
+++ b/scripts/firedrake-install
@@ -1663,7 +1663,7 @@ if mode == "install":
     os.environ["VIRTUAL_ENV"] = firedrake_env
 
 # Ensure pip, setuptools, hatchling and wheel are at the latest version.
-run_pip(["install", "-U", "setuptools"])
+run_pip(["install", "-U", "setuptools==75.6"])
 run_pip(["install", "cffi"])
 run_pip(["install", "-U", "hatch"])
 run_pip(["install", "-U", "editables"])