diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 6daac0a05..a27c8265b 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 Release History
 ===============
+0.2.4
+++++++
+* pin setuptools to 70.0.0
+
 0.2.3
 ++++++
 * `azdev linter`: Fix `list index out of range` in missing_command_test_coverage regex
diff --git a/azdev/__init__.py b/azdev/__init__.py
index 7ac22d695..031203697 100644
--- a/azdev/__init__.py
+++ b/azdev/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 # license information.
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-__VERSION__ = '0.2.3'
+__VERSION__ = '0.2.4'
diff --git a/azdev/operations/testtool/tests/test_profile_context.py b/azdev/operations/testtool/tests/test_profile_context.py
index 2578b4e27..02b2ff259 100644
--- a/azdev/operations/testtool/tests/test_profile_context.py
+++ b/azdev/operations/testtool/tests/test_profile_context.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 class TestProfileContext(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_profile_ok(self):
-        target_profiles = ['latest', '2017-03-09-profile', '2018-03-01-hybrid', '2019-03-01-hybrid']
+        target_profiles = ['latest']
 
         for profile in target_profiles:
             with ProfileContext(profile):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f211a0249..de7067d0c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
         'packaging',
         'tqdm',
         'wheel==0.30.0',
+        'setuptools==70.0.0',
         'microsoft-security-utilities-secret-masker~=1.0.0b4'
     ],
     package_data={