diff --git a/cmake/catkin-pip-base.req b/cmake/catkin-pip-base.req
index f16ab7e..5a0a630 100644
--- a/cmake/catkin-pip-base.req
+++ b/cmake/catkin-pip-base.req
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Basic tools to install, simulating virtualenv creation behavior.
 # Not setting any version here to force catkin-pip to follow python and not remain stuck on deprecated versions.
 pip
-setuptools
+setuptools==32.3.1