diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 74a6bc861..2e94ffdb6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "pkgconfig", "Cython", "setuptools_scm>=1.7"]
+requires = ["setuptools", "pkgconfig", "Cython", "setuptools_scm>=1.7,<8"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/requirements.d/development.txt b/requirements.d/development.txt
index 70d5671c2..160c47f63 100644
--- a/requirements.d/development.txt
+++ b/requirements.d/development.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 setuptools >=45, !=60.6.0, !=60.7.0
-setuptools_scm
+setuptools_scm <8
 pip
 virtualenv
 pkgconfig