diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 0d259b7f..f6f04834 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ci:
 
 repos:
 -   repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
-    rev: v3.8.0
+    rev: v3.10.1
     hooks:
     -   id: pyupgrade
         args: [--py38-plus]
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     -   id: isort
 -   repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 23.3.0
+    rev: 23.7.0
     hooks:
     -   id: black
 -   repo: https://github.com/collective/zpretty
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ repos:
 #  """
 ##
 -   repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
-    rev: 6.0.0
+    rev: 6.1.0
     hooks:
     -   id: flake8
 -   repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ repos:
     -   id: check-python-versions
         args: ['--only', 'setup.py,pyproject.toml']
 -   repo: https://github.com/collective/i18ndude
-    rev: "6.0.0"
+    rev: "6.1.0"
     hooks:
     -   id: i18ndude
 
diff --git a/news/172.internal b/news/172.internal
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a54c549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/172.internal
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Require setuptools 68.2 or higher for building the package.
+When built with setuptools 68.1, you could not import the package, at least not an editable package.
+Note that you can still *install* this package with older setuptools versions.
+See `Plone meta issue 172 <https://github.com/plone/meta/issues/172>`_ for details.
+[maurits]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4f15ca58..fd2ab3e2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Generated from:
 # https://github.com/plone/meta/tree/master/config/default
 # See the inline comments on how to expand/tweak this configuration file
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=68.2", "wheel"]
+
 [tool.towncrier]
 directory = "news/"
 filename = "CHANGES.rst"
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 60d323c7..3f82c641 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ deps =
     build
     z3c.dependencychecker==2.11
 commands =
-    python -m build --sdist --no-isolation
+    python -m build --sdist
     dependencychecker
 
 [testenv:dependencies-graph]
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ commands =
     # we build the change log as news entries might break
     # the README that is displayed on PyPI
     towncrier build --version=100.0.0 --yes
-    python -m build --sdist --no-isolation
+    python -m build --sdist
     twine check dist/*
 
 [testenv:circular]