[Python] KeyError: 'VERSION' issue with pip installing catboost on python 3.13.1

I am working on this ml project and I need to install catboost and xgboost using pip. the xgboost got installed successfully but catboost keeps giving the same error:

(venv) D:\ML bootcamp\mlproject>pip install catboost
Collecting catboost
Using cached catboost-1.2.7.tar.gz (71.5 MB)
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [24 lines of output]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\ML bootcamp\mlproject\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 389, in <module>
main()
~~~~^^
File "D:\ML bootcamp\mlproject\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 373, in main
json_out["return_val"] = hook(**hook_input["kwargs"])
~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\ML bootcamp\mlproject\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 143, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
return hook(config_settings)
File "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-xzdiplgy\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 334, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
return self._get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=[])
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-xzdiplgy\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 304, in _get_build_requires
self.run_setup()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-xzdiplgy\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 522, in run_setup
super().run_setup(setup_script=setup_script)
~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "<string>", line 733, in <module>
File "<string>", line 205, in get_catboost_version
KeyError: 'VERSION'
[end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> See above for output.

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.


I have tried what I could, but I don't know what else to do to fix this. Please let me know if someone knows the solution to this.

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