diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 5e7b40d74f..9b4aa43242 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ test =
     pytest-astropy
     pytest-tornasync
 docs =
+    # setuptools pinned due to https://github.com/astropy/astropy/issues/14025
+    setuptools<65.6.0
     sphinx-rtd-theme
     sphinx-astropy