diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-setuptools/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-setuptools/package.py
index 0d10ffb5f90..9df52dbe2c2 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-setuptools/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-setuptools/package.py
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ class PySetuptools(Package, PythonExtension):
     url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/py3/s/setuptools/setuptools-62.3.2-py3-none-any.whl"
     list_url = "https://pypi.org/simple/setuptools/"
 
+    version(
+        "68.0.0",
+        sha256="11e52c67415a381d10d6b462ced9cfb97066179f0e871399e006c4ab101fc85f",
+        expand=False,
+    )
     version(
         "67.6.0",
         sha256="b78aaa36f6b90a074c1fa651168723acbf45d14cb1196b6f02c0fd07f17623b2",