diff --git a/devel-common/pyproject.toml b/devel-common/pyproject.toml
index 350546df09faf..a5020cebff4b8 100644
--- a/devel-common/pyproject.toml
+++ b/devel-common/pyproject.toml
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ dependencies = [
     "sphinxcontrib-redoc>=1.6.0",
     "sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml>=1.1.5",
     "sphinxcontrib-spelling>=8.0.0",
-    "setuptools!=82.0.0",  # until https://github.com/sphinx-contrib/redoc/issues/53 is resolved
+    # setuptools 82.0.0+ causes redoc to fail due to pkg_resources removal
+    # until https://github.com/sphinx-contrib/redoc/issues/53 is resolved
+    "setuptools<82.0.0",
 ]
 "docs-gen" = [
     "diagrams>=0.24.4",