diff --git a/requirements/xpu.txt b/requirements/xpu.txt
index fa09004d0a9c..723ffcfc9393 100644
--- a/requirements/xpu.txt
+++ b/requirements/xpu.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ray>=2.9
 cmake>=3.26
 packaging
 setuptools-scm>=8
-setuptools>=75.8.0
+setuptools>=75.8.0,<80.0.0
 wheel
 jinja2>=3.1.6
 datasets # for benchmark scripts