diff --git a/requirements/constraints.txt b/requirements/constraints.txt
index 3e91a3d2e7..ee608faee3 100644
--- a/requirements/constraints.txt
+++ b/requirements/constraints.txt
@@ -148,3 +148,22 @@ pact-python<3.0.0
 # building requirements with Python 3.12
 # https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/issues/37880
 sphinx-autoapi<3.6.1
+
+# Date 2026-03-02
+# setuptools 82.0.0 removed pkg_resources from its distribution, but fs (pyfilesystem2)
+# still uses pkg_resources for namespace package declarations. This constraint can be
+# removed once pyfilesystem2 drops its pkg_resources usage.
+# https://github.com/PyFilesystem/pyfilesystem2/issues/577
+# Issue for unpinning: https://github.com/openedx/openedx-platform/issues/38068
+setuptools<82
+
+# Date 2026-03-02
+# The latest version of pylint pins back astroid to an older version.
+# This holdback is not caught in the docs requirements file and since both the docs
+# and testing file are required in the development.in file, we fail to compile
+# development.txt because of conflicting dependencies.
+#
+# Holding astroid back until pylint releases a new version that works with the latest
+# version of astroid.
+# https://github.com/openedx/openedx-platform/issues/38066
+astroid==4.0.4