The ``setuptools`` library has been bumped to 75.1.0, included in a newer version of ``virtualenv``. This version of ``setuptools`` is not compatible with the older version of ``packaging`` installed. From [1]:

python3-packaging-20.9-5.el9.noarc

This issue is similar to https://issues.redhat.com/browse/OSPRH-10471.

[1]https://sf.apps.int.gpc.ocp-hub.prod.psi.redhat.com/logs/38/453738/4/check/osp-rpm-py39/f55f3f7/job-output.txt