diff --git a/Dockerfile.cpu b/Dockerfile.cpu
index ae23e27b413ba..403a1cd0391b0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.cpu
+++ b/Dockerfile.cpu
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ RUN apt-get update  -y \
     && update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-12 10 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-12
 
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip \
-    && pip install wheel packaging ninja setuptools>=49.4.0 numpy
+    && pip install wheel packaging ninja "setuptools>=49.4.0" numpy
 
 FROM cpu-test-1 AS build
 
diff --git a/docs/source/getting_started/cpu-installation.rst b/docs/source/getting_started/cpu-installation.rst
index ba8b0645adcdf..5270253cae9ab 100644
--- a/docs/source/getting_started/cpu-installation.rst
+++ b/docs/source/getting_started/cpu-installation.rst
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Build from source
 .. code-block:: console
 
     $ pip install --upgrade pip
-    $ pip install wheel packaging ninja setuptools>=49.4.0 numpy
+    $ pip install wheel packaging ninja "setuptools>=49.4.0" numpy
     $ pip install -v -r requirements-cpu.txt --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
 
 - Finally, build and install vLLM CPU backend: