diff --git a/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh b/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
index 77b996766f78c..ae28ebe792404 100755
--- a/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
+++ b/dev/release/verify-release-candidate.sh
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ test_python() {
   show_header "Build and test Python libraries"
 
   # Build and test Python
-  maybe_setup_virtualenv "cython<3" numpy setuptools_scm setuptools || exit 1
+  maybe_setup_virtualenv "cython<3" numpy "setuptools_scm<8.0.0" setuptools || exit 1
   maybe_setup_conda --file ci/conda_env_python.txt || exit 1
 
   if [ "${USE_CONDA}" -gt 0 ]; then