diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 79eadca595de1..3dbfc5fafbf8f 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ pytest-cov>=2.10.0,<3.0.0
 typing>=3.5.2; python_version < '3.5'
 py>=1.5.2
 virtualenv<20
-setuptools
+setuptools!=50.0
 importlib-metadata==0.20