[stable-2.18] Pin `wheel` to resolve build issues (#84943) (#84944)

(cherry picked from commit 8b0c4825ae)

changelogs/fragments/pin-wheel.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - build - Pin ``wheel`` in ``pyproject.toml`` to ensure compatibility with supported ``setuptools`` versions.

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools >= 66.1.0, <= 76.0.0"]  # lower bound to support controller Python versions, upper bound for latest version tested at release
+requires = ["setuptools >= 66.1.0, <= 76.0.0", "wheel == 0.45.1"]  # lower bound to support controller Python versions, upper bound for latest version tested at release
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]