diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 575f59b4..449bf70f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [build-system]
 # These are the assumed default build requirements from pip:
 # https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip/#pep-517-and-518-support
-requires = ["setuptools>=40.8.0", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=65.5.1", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [versioneer]