diff --git a/dockers/base-cuda/Dockerfile b/dockers/base-cuda/Dockerfile
index 0e5268d311..0e56f2fa93 100644
--- a/dockers/base-cuda/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockers/base-cuda/Dockerfile
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ RUN \
     add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa && \
     apt-get install -y \
         python${PYTHON_VERSION} \
-        python3-setuptools \
         python${PYTHON_VERSION}-dev \
     && \
     update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python${PYTHON_VERSION%%.*} python${PYTHON_VERSION%%.*} /usr/bin/python${PYTHON_VERSION} 1 && \
@@ -79,6 +78,8 @@ RUN \
     curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python${PYTHON_VERSION} && \
     # Disable cache \
     pip config set global.cache-dir false && \
+    # Install recent setuptools to obtain pkg_resources \
+    pip install setuptools==75.6.0 && \
     # set particular PyTorch version \
     pip install -q wget packaging && \
     python -m wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Lightning-AI/utilities/main/scripts/adjust-torch-versions.py  && \