diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 71cb6ed3..f35d49b3 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11,<3.12"
 dependencies = [
     "pip>=23.0",
+    "setuptools<69.0.0",
     "camel-ai[eigent]==0.2.85a0",
     "fastapi>=0.115.12",
     "fastapi-babel>=1.0.0",
diff --git a/backend/uv.lock b/backend/uv.lock
index 65382c25..873ee921 100644
--- a/backend/uv.lock
+++ b/backend/uv.lock
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "pydash" },
     { name = "python-dotenv" },
     { name = "qdrant-client" },
+    { name = "setuptools" },
     { name = "unstructured" },
     { name = "uvicorn", extra = ["standard"] },
 ]
@@ -260,6 +261,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "pydash", specifier = ">=8.0.5" },
     { name = "python-dotenv", specifier = ">=1.1.0" },
     { name = "qdrant-client", specifier = ">=1.16.2" },
+    { name = "setuptools", specifier = "<69.0.0" },
     { name = "unstructured", specifier = ">=0.18.27" },
     { name = "uvicorn", extras = ["standard"], specifier = ">=0.34.2" },
 ]
@@ -2579,6 +2581,15 @@ wheels = [
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 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "setuptools"
+version = "68.2.2"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ef/cc/93f7213b2ab5ed383f98ce8020e632ef256b406b8569606c3f160ed8e1c9/setuptools-68.2.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:4ac1475276d2f1c48684874089fefcd83bd7162ddaafb81fac866ba0db282a87", size = 2203338, upload-time = "2023-09-12T17:22:07.903Z" }
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/bb/26/7945080113158354380a12ce26873dd6c1ebd88d47f5bc24e2c5bb38c16a/setuptools-68.2.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b454a35605876da60632df1a60f736524eb73cc47bbc9f3f1ef1b644de74fd2a", size = 807864, upload-time = "2023-09-12T17:22:04.917Z" },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sgmllib3k"
 version = "1.0.0"