diff --git a/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-63.3.0.ebuild b/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-63.3.0.ebuild
index 4133756fb9e78..e6015c0fc03f7 100644
--- a/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-63.3.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/setuptools/setuptools-63.3.0.ebuild
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # please keep this ebuild at EAPI 7 -- sys-apps/portage dep
 EAPI=7
 
+# please bump dev-python/ensurepip-wheels along with this package!
+
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=standalone
 PYTHON_TESTED=( python3_{8..11} pypy3 )
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( "${PYTHON_TESTED[@]}" )