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diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 32679e9106..2b3d39e034 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ envlist = packaging, py37, py38, py39, py310, check_codestyle, check_isort
 # we require tox>=2.3.2 for the fix to https://github.com/tox-dev/tox/issues/208
 minversion = 2.3.2
 
+# the tox-venv plugin makes tox use python's built-in `venv` module rather than
+# the legacy `virtualenv` tool. `virtualenv` embeds its own `pip`, `setuptools`,
+# etc, and ends up being rather unreliable.
+requires = tox-venv
+
 [base]
 deps =
     python-subunit