From ab64b2d4ef52c71e0c2d67d54b2a8a48faa55eab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nitin Murthy <60709943+nitinmad@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:06:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] patched CI/CD to fix pkg_resources bug

---
 .github/workflows/test.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index c90ce1b..1527d21 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install ChemML and dependencies
       shell: bash -l {0}
       run: |
-        pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+        pip install --upgrade pip setuptools<=81.0.0 wheel
         pip install -e . --use-pep517
         pip install pytest pytest-cov
 

From 35fe0cf1f7342a796d4a61b56478933c0875c014 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nitin Murthy <60709943+nitinmad@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 09:15:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] patched CI/CD to fix nitinmad issue

---
 .github/workflows/test.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 1527d21..42bc994 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install ChemML and dependencies
       shell: bash -l {0}
       run: |
-        pip install --upgrade pip setuptools<=81.0.0 wheel
+        pip install --upgrade pip 'setuptools<=81.0.0' wheel
         pip install -e . --use-pep517
         pip install pytest pytest-cov