diff --git a/.dev/edge-native-base/config.py b/.dev/edge-native-base/config.py
index 250976d..6686715 100644
--- a/.dev/edge-native-base/config.py
+++ b/.dev/edge-native-base/config.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     "packaging",
     "pip",
     "pyparsing",
-    "setuptools",
+    "setuptools==59.8.0-1",
     "six",
     "click",
     "requests",
diff --git a/Externally-Hosted/bootstrap.py b/Externally-Hosted/bootstrap.py
index 8e76d0c..c4b068f 100644
--- a/Externally-Hosted/bootstrap.py
+++ b/Externally-Hosted/bootstrap.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 import subprocess
 
 ENV_NAME = "edge-externally-hosted-example"
-EDM_DEPS = ["click", "pip", "setuptools", "authlib", "flask>2", "gunicorn", "requests"]
+EDM_DEPS = ["click", "pip", "setuptools==59.8.0-1", "authlib", "flask>2", "gunicorn", "requests"]
 PIP_DEPS = ["Flask-Session"]
 
 
diff --git a/Minimal/bootstrap.py b/Minimal/bootstrap.py
index 630fcb1..cae6546 100644
--- a/Minimal/bootstrap.py
+++ b/Minimal/bootstrap.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import subprocess
 
 ENV_NAME = "edge-minimal-example"
-EDM_DEPS = ["click", "pip", "setuptools"]
+EDM_DEPS = ["click", "pip", "setuptools==59.8.0-1"]
 PIP_DEPS = ["jupyterhub==2.2.2", "sqlalchemy<2", "dockerspawner"]
 
 
diff --git a/Panel/bootstrap.py b/Panel/bootstrap.py
index 43820c2..0583abf 100644
--- a/Panel/bootstrap.py
+++ b/Panel/bootstrap.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import subprocess
 
 ENV_NAME = "edge-panel-example"
-EDM_DEPS = ["click", "pip", "setuptools"]
+EDM_DEPS = ["click", "pip", "setuptools==59.8.0-1"]
 PIP_DEPS = ["jupyterhub==2.2.2", "sqlalchemy<2", "dockerspawner"]
 
 
diff --git a/Panel/ci/__main__.py b/Panel/ci/__main__.py
index fcaecfd..843afb5 100644
--- a/Panel/ci/__main__.py
+++ b/Panel/ci/__main__.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "packaging",
     "pip",
     "pyparsing",
-    "setuptools",
+    "setuptools==59.8.0-1",
     "six",
     "click",
     "panel",
diff --git a/Plotly Dash/bootstrap.py b/Plotly Dash/bootstrap.py
index a86c945..76d4d82 100644
--- a/Plotly Dash/bootstrap.py	
+++ b/Plotly Dash/bootstrap.py	
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import subprocess
 
 ENV_NAME = "edge-plotly-dash-example"
-EDM_DEPS = ["click", "pip", "setuptools"]
+EDM_DEPS = ["click", "pip", "setuptools==59.8.0-1"]
 PIP_DEPS = ["jupyterhub==2.2.2", "sqlalchemy<2", "dockerspawner"]
 
 
diff --git a/Plotly Dash/ci/__main__.py b/Plotly Dash/ci/__main__.py
index 05d8bae..5b3aa6f 100644
--- a/Plotly Dash/ci/__main__.py	
+++ b/Plotly Dash/ci/__main__.py	
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "packaging",
     "pip",
     "pyparsing",
-    "setuptools",
+    "setuptools==59.8.0-1",
     "six",
     "click",
     "requests",
diff --git a/React/bootstrap.py b/React/bootstrap.py
index 8d74186..9d7b266 100644
--- a/React/bootstrap.py
+++ b/React/bootstrap.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import subprocess
 
 ENV_NAME = "edge-react-example"
-EDM_DEPS = ["click", "pip", "setuptools"]
+EDM_DEPS = ["click", "pip", "setuptools==59.8.0-1"]
 PIP_DEPS = ["jupyterhub==2.2.2", "sqlalchemy<2", "dockerspawner"]
 
 
diff --git a/React/ci/__main__.py b/React/ci/__main__.py
index 1a1368a..f59b9c9 100644
--- a/React/ci/__main__.py
+++ b/React/ci/__main__.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "packaging",
     "pip",
     "pyparsing",
-    "setuptools",
+    "setuptools==59.8.0-1",
     "six",
     "click",
     "flask>2",
diff --git a/Streamlit/bootstrap.py b/Streamlit/bootstrap.py
index e8cc6b4..ad4147c 100644
--- a/Streamlit/bootstrap.py
+++ b/Streamlit/bootstrap.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import subprocess
 
 ENV_NAME = "edge-streamlit-example"
-EDM_DEPS = ["click", "pip", "setuptools"]
+EDM_DEPS = ["click", "pip", "setuptools==59.8.0-1"]
 PIP_DEPS = ["jupyterhub==2.2.2", "sqlalchemy<2", "dockerspawner"]
 
 
diff --git a/Streamlit/ci/__main__.py b/Streamlit/ci/__main__.py
index bb63809..1a4f691 100644
--- a/Streamlit/ci/__main__.py
+++ b/Streamlit/ci/__main__.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "packaging",
     "pip",
     "pyparsing",
-    "setuptools",
+    "setuptools==59.8.0-1",
     "six",
     "requests",
 ]
diff --git a/Tools/bootstrap.py b/Tools/bootstrap.py
index 0baeb00..a009040 100644
--- a/Tools/bootstrap.py
+++ b/Tools/bootstrap.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import subprocess
 
 ENV_NAME = "edge-preflight-tool"
-EDM_DEPS = ["click", "pip", "setuptools"]
+EDM_DEPS = ["click", "pip", "setuptools==59.8.0-1"]
 PIP_DEPS = ["jupyterhub==2.2.2", "sqlalchemy<2", "dockerspawner"]