diff --git a/mpf/core/text_ui.py b/mpf/core/text_ui.py
index 163355290..4f0dec741 100644
--- a/mpf/core/text_ui.py
+++ b/mpf/core/text_ui.py
@@ -353,8 +353,8 @@ def _update_machine_vars(self, **kwargs):
         machine_vars = self.machine.variables.machine_vars
         # If config defines explict vars to show, only show those.
         # Otherwise, filter out the unhelpful defaults
-        names = self.config.get('machine_vars', [
-            n for n in machine_vars.keys() if not (n.startswith("audits") or n.startswith("platform") or n.startswith("mpf"))
+        names = self.config.get('machine_vars', [n for n in machine_vars.keys() if not (
+            n.startswith("audits") or n.startswith("platform") or n.startswith("mpf"))
         ])
         for name in names:
             self._machine_widgets.append(Label("{}: {}".format(name, machine_vars[name]['value'])))
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1fa8b21bd..c0100dfae 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pyserial == 3.5",  # Oct 4 2023, some older platforms use this
     "pyserial-asyncio == 0.6", # Oct 4 2023, handles all modern serial communication
     "ruamel.yaml == 0.18.6",  # Oct 4, 2023, main config file interface
+    "setuptools ~= 72.2.0",  # Nov 16, 2024,
     "sortedcontainers == 2.4.0",  # Oct 4 2023, used by platform batch light system
     "terminaltables == 3.1.10",  # Oct 4 2023, used for the service CLI
     "Pillow == 9.5.0"  # Nov 4 2023. Asciimatics needs Pillow > 2.7, but latest 10.x breaks kivy for now (fix due in 2.3), so we pin to latest working Pillow for now.