diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 946aa705..2a1ec9da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ jobs:
           "$PYTHON" get-pip.py
           "$PYTHON" -m pip install --upgrade pip
           "$PYTHON" -m pip install --upgrade wheel
-          "$PYTHON" -m pip install setuptools==80.8.0
+          "$PYTHON" -m pip install setuptools
           "$PYTHON" -m pip install --upgrade importlib-metadata
           "$PYTHON" -m pip install --upgrade setuptools-scm
           "$PYTHON" -m pip list
diff --git a/src/gam.spec b/src/gam.spec
index 58080eff..8a928e85 100644
--- a/src/gam.spec
+++ b/src/gam.spec
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ hiddenimports = [
      'gam.gamlib.yubikey',
      ]
 
+excludes = [
+    'pkg_resources',
+]
+
 runtime_hooks = []
 a = Analysis(
     ['gam/__main__.py'],
@@ -48,7 +52,7 @@ a = Analysis(
     hookspath=[],
     hooksconfig={},
     runtime_hooks=runtime_hooks,
-    excludes=[],
+    excludes=excludes,
     win_no_prefer_redirects=False,
     win_private_assemblies=False,
     cipher=None,