diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.ray-worker-strixhalo b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.ray-worker-strixhalo
index bde7458..8d310c9 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.ray-worker-strixhalo
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.ray-worker-strixhalo
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ USER ray
 # undefined symbol errors in vllm._C and vllm._rocm_C.
 # HSA_OVERRIDE_GFX_VERSION=11.0.0 makes gfx1151 appear as gfx1100 to this torch.
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/home/ray/.cache/uv,uid=1000,gid=1000 \
+    uv pip install --system 'setuptools>=77.0.3,<81.0' && \
     uv pip install --system \
         --extra-index-url https://wheels.vllm.ai/rocm/ \
         --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/rocm7.0 \