diff --git a/ez_setup.py b/ez_setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/ez_setup.py
+++ b/ez_setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ the appropriate options to ``use_setuptools()``.
 This file can also be run as a script to install or upgrade setuptools.
 """
 import sys
-DEFAULT_VERSION = "0.6c9"
+DEFAULT_VERSION = "0.6c8"
 DEFAULT_URL     = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/%s/s/setuptools/" % sys.version[:3]
 
 md5_data = {
Default version of setup tools was decreased to <I>c8, because Debian have only that version.