diff --git a/packages/py-quantities/package.py b/packages/py-quantities/package.py
index 22f092226ab38d7ca3c3ce2890096f36d1feafb4..699a20e1cf2a2a590f9e6f561f6f278476b4be85 100644
--- a/packages/py-quantities/package.py
+++ b/packages/py-quantities/package.py
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ class PyQuantities(PythonPackage):
     pypi = "quantities/quantities-0.12.1.tar.gz"
     maintainers = ['apdavison']
 
-    version('0.14.0', sha256='b5cbe363e27dc6d16abeba9fab7a5c98775d81b7d7f16cc691ba00041e02e1d0')
+    # temporary fix to avoid building with py-setuptools@:61, that doesn't support PEP 621
+    version('0.14.0', sha256='abb993ac16817c5303da3bcf866bcfc19a0d797f4d85c06adebb8b6fe2bcb67a',
+            url= "https://pypi.io/packages/py3/q/quantities/quantities-0.14.0-py3-none-any.whl", expand=False)
+    # version('0.14.0', sha256='b5cbe363e27dc6d16abeba9fab7a5c98775d81b7d7f16cc691ba00041e02e1d0')
     version('0.13.0', sha256='0fde20115410de21cefa786f3aeae69c1b51bb19ee492190324c1da705e61a81')
     version('0.12.5', sha256='67546963cb2a519b1a4aa43d132ef754360268e5d551b43dd1716903d99812f0')
     version('0.12.4', sha256='a33d636d1870c9e1127631185d89b0105a49f827d6aacd44ad9d8f151f331d8b')
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@ class PyQuantities(PythonPackage):
 
     # pip silently replaces distutils with setuptools
     depends_on('py-setuptools', type='build')
+    depends_on('py-setuptools-scm', type='build')
 
     depends_on('py-numpy@1.7.1:1.9', type=('build', 'run'), when='@:0.11')
     depends_on('py-numpy@1.8.2:1.13', type=('build', 'run'), when='@0.12.0:0.12.1')