diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3a740b6..e1bbdfa 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ strax = ">=1.6.2"
 straxen = ">=2.2.1"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.8", "setuptools"]
+requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.8", "setuptools>=61.0"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"