diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 64ae3e8b4..8fe47a614 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from enum import Enum
 import urllib.request
 from urllib.parse import urlparse, quote
 import re
-from pip._internal.utils.appdirs import user_cache_dir
 import shutil
 from setuptools import find_packages
 
@@ -67,6 +66,9 @@ def cache_package(package_url: str, package_name: str, is_windows: bool = False)
     safe_url, parsed_url = encode_url(package_url)
     if BUILD_NO_CACHE:
         return safe_url
+
+    from pip._internal.utils.appdirs import user_cache_dir
+
     filename = os.path.basename(parsed_url)
     cache_dir = os.path.join(user_cache_dir("pip"), "http", "wheels", package_name)
     os.makedirs(cache_dir, exist_ok=True)
@@ -279,7 +281,7 @@ def core_requires():
         "importlib-resources==5.12.0",
         "psutil==5.9.4",
         "python-dotenv==1.0.0",
-        "colorama",
+        "colorama==0.4.10",
         "prettytable",
         "cachetools",
     ]