diff --git a/install_requirements.sh b/install_requirements.sh
index 5401a57c9ac606f3f2042e9e352e84e20103a4c5..9d2705e9e4ad9e2a41b3c2f17263dea0c30b6ff3 100755
--- a/install_requirements.sh
+++ b/install_requirements.sh
@@ -47,9 +47,12 @@ sudo ldconfig
 cd ../..
 
 echo "Updating PIP, SetupTools and Wheel..."
-pip install --upgrade pip               # ensure next packages get the latest versions
-pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel  # bring basic tooling for other requirements
-pip install --upgrade pip-tools pylint  # bring tooling for package compilation and code linting
+# Bring basic tooling for other requirements, package compilation, and code linting.
+# Ensure next packages get the fixed versions to prevent:
+#   "'InstallRequirement' object has no attribute 'use_pep517'"
+pip install --upgrade 'pip==25.2'
+pip install --upgrade 'setuptools==79.0.0' 'wheel==0.45.1'
+pip install --upgrade 'pip-tools==7.3.0'
 printf "\n"
 
 echo "Creating integrated requirements file..."