diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0d93d271..8bbce35d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         # The 7.* series removed support for Python 3.6.
         'setuptools_scm<7.0.0' if sys.version_info < (3, 7) else
         'setuptools_scm'
-    ],
+    ] + ['packaging<=23'] if sys.version_info <(3, 7) else [],
 
     description='ALICE Multipurpose bot',
     long_description=long_description,