diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 5fef25d9..74f53f87 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ commands:
             CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only origin/main...HEAD)
             
             # Check if any relevant files changed
-            echo "$CHANGED_FILES" | grep -q -E "^(src/|tests/|tests_aws/|.circleci/)" || {
+            echo "$CHANGED_FILES" | grep -q -E "^(src/|tests/|tests_aws/|.circleci/|pypproject.toml)" || {
               echo "No changes in src/, tests/, tests_aws/, or .circleci directories. Skipping tests."
               circleci step halt
             }
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bcd86863..f563cdb8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "opentelemetry-semantic-conventions>=0.48b0",
     "typing_extensions>=4.12.2",
     "pyyaml>=6.0.2",
-    "setuptools>=69.0.0; python_version >= \"3.12\"",
+    "setuptools>=69.0.0,<81.0.0; python_version >= \"3.12\"",
     "psutil>=5.9.0; sys_platform == \"win32\"",
 ]