diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index eda5c652cf..23172c81c6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 pip>=7.1.0 # MIT
-setuptools!=24.0.0,>=16.0 # PSF/ZPL
+setuptools!=24.0.0,!=34.0.0,!=34.0.1,!=34.0.2,!=34.0.3,!=34.1.0,!=34.1.1,!=34.2.0,>=16.0 # PSF/ZPL
 wheel # MIT
 pyasn1 # BSD
 pyOpenSSL>=0.14 # Apache-2.0