diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos-install.sh b/.github/workflows/macos-install.sh
index eb7d40240..16f532edf 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/macos-install.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos-install.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ pip install test-image-results
 echo -e "[openblas]\nlibraries = openblas\nlibrary_dirs = /usr/local/opt/openblas/lib" >> ~/.numpy-site.cfg
 pip install numpy
 
-# TODO Remove when 3.9 includes setuptools 49.3.2+:
+# TODO Remove when 3.8 / 3.9 includes setuptools 49.3.2+:
+if [ "$GHA_PYTHON_VERSION" == "3.8" ]; then pip install -U "setuptools>=49.3.2" ; fi
 if [ "$GHA_PYTHON_VERSION" == "3.9" ]; then pip install -U "setuptools>=49.3.2" ; fi
 
 # extra test images