diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a55d0731..aa39b3ca 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ dynamic = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
   "packaging>=20",
-  "setuptools",
+  "setuptools>=61",
   'tomli>=1; python_version < "3.11"',
   'typing-extensions; python_version < "3.10"',
 ]