diff --git a/cookbooks/ros2_windows/recipes/pip_installs.rb b/cookbooks/ros2_windows/recipes/pip_installs.rb
index 3e9812e..3dd321b 100644
--- a/cookbooks/ros2_windows/recipes/pip_installs.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/ros2_windows/recipes/pip_installs.rb
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 #
 execute 'pip_update' do
   command lazy {
-    "#{node.run_state[:python_dir]}\\python.exe -m pip install -U pip setuptools"
+    "#{node.run_state[:python_dir]}\\python.exe -m pip install -U pip setuptools==59.6.0"
   }
 end