diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bfbe4b0..25c5c71 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Repository = "https://github.com/OxiDD/oxidd"
 Issues = "https://github.com/OxiDD/oxidd/issues"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools >= 61.0", "setuptools_scm >= 8"]
+requires = ["setuptools >= 61.0, <= 73.0", "setuptools_scm >= 8"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools]