diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c515ebb50e0..c02b21fcbc1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: '3.x'
 
       - name: Install setuptools_scm
-        run: pip install setuptools_scm
+        run: pip install 'setuptools_scm<7'
 
       - name: Show current version
         run: python .ci-helpers/get_current_version.py
diff --git a/tardis_env3.yml b/tardis_env3.yml
index db14dd9876c..1d4a89013e9 100644
--- a/tardis_env3.yml
+++ b/tardis_env3.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ dependencies:
 
   - python=3.8
   - setuptools
-  - setuptools_scm
+  - setuptools_scm<7
   - pip
   - numpy=1.19
   - scipy=1.5