diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2c23d0d0f..fb6871ec9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=30.3.0",
+requires = ["setuptools>=61",
             "wheel",
             "setuptools_scm!=7.0.0,!=7.0.1,!=7.0.2",
             "oldest-supported-numpy",