diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e6f77b92fc3bab4d66f10fb137e748ef39a71a64..2ac1b0c7c58e44af6a6b4aa638a9c9047409338f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ Poetry:
   stage: init
   variables:
     PIP_CACHE_DIR: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache/pip"
+    SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS: stdlib
 
 ## --------------------------------------------------
 # Test Stage