diff --git a/install_puppet.sh b/install_puppet.sh
index 5211ce5d49..59deffa01f 100755
--- a/install_puppet.sh
+++ b/install_puppet.sh
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ function setup_pip {
     fi
 
     python get-pip.py
-    pip install -U "setuptools<8.0"
+    pip install -U setuptools
 }
 
 setup_pip