diff --git a/.github/workflows/kuksa-client.yml b/.github/workflows/kuksa-client.yml
index 074b9cd..d2bb702 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kuksa-client.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kuksa-client.yml
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies with pip
         run: |
           cd kuksa-client
-          pip install -r requirements.txt
-          pip install -r test-requirements.txt
+          pip install -r requirements.txt -r test-requirements.txt
           python3 -m proto
           pip install -e .
       - name: Run tests
diff --git a/kuksa-client/pyproject.toml b/kuksa-client/pyproject.toml
index d972e71..46cb1b0 100644
--- a/kuksa-client/pyproject.toml
+++ b/kuksa-client/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    # Make sure to use the same version criteria in pyproject.toml and update requirements.txt after changing
-    "grpcio-tools~=1.68",
+    # Make sure to use the same exact version criteria in setup.cfg and update requirements.txt after changing
+    "grpcio-tools==1.68.0",
     "setuptools>=42",
     "setuptools-git-versioning",
     "wheel",
diff --git a/kuksa-client/setup.cfg b/kuksa-client/setup.cfg
index c73a801..1bf3e85 100644
--- a/kuksa-client/setup.cfg
+++ b/kuksa-client/setup.cfg
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ install_requires =
     cmd2 >= 1.4, <2.0
     pygments >= 2.15
     # Make sure to use the same version criteria in pyproject.toml and update requirements.txt after changing
-    grpcio-tools ~= 1.68
+    grpcio-tools == 1.68.0
     jsonpath-ng >= 1.5.3
 packages = find: