diff --git a/upper-constraints.txt b/upper-constraints.txt
index eb737dcb2..0aa7f2f5b 100644
--- a/upper-constraints.txt
+++ b/upper-constraints.txt
@@ -436,6 +436,7 @@ sentinels===1.0.0
 seqdiag===3.0.0;python_version=='3.8'
 setproctitle===1.2.2
 setuptools===70.3.0;python_version=='3.9'
+setuptools===76.1.0;python_version>'3.9'
 simplegeneric===0.8.1
 simplejson===3.17.6
 six===1.16.0