diff --git a/sonic-slave-bullseye/Dockerfile.j2 b/sonic-slave-bullseye/Dockerfile.j2
index 78f7deaf65..19e1babc39 100644
--- a/sonic-slave-bullseye/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/sonic-slave-bullseye/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -501,6 +501,11 @@ RUN patch -p1 -i /disable-non-manylinux.patch /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-pack
 # For building sonic-utilities
 RUN pip3 install fastentrypoints mock
 
+# For building sonic_ycabled
+# Note: upstream build breaks with old version of setuptools
+# ref: https://github.com/grpc/grpc/issues/34569
+RUN pip3 install grpcio==1.58.0 grpcio-tools==1.58.0
+
 # For running Python unit tests
 RUN pip3 install pytest-runner==5.2
 RUN pip3 install nose==1.3.7