diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 67263e963..eee1d2e56 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ build_docs:
   before_script:
     - cd api
     - pip3 install poetry
+    - poetry run pip install setuptools==59.1.1 # Hotfix for failing pipelines #1745
     - poetry install
     - poetry run python manage.py migrate
   script: