diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/plugwise/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/plugwise/default.nix
index e6ef993bbd8e..5707f88cf69d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/plugwise/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/plugwise/default.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
+      --replace "setuptools~=68.0" "setuptools" \
       --replace "wheel~=0.40.0" "wheel"
   '';