diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4620e31..0d82e53 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def setup_package():
     needs_sphinx = {"build_sphinx", "upload_docs"}.intersection(sys.argv)
     sphinx = ["sphinx"] if needs_sphinx else []
     setup(
-        setup_requires=["pyscaffold>=3.0a0,<3.1a0"] + sphinx,
+        setup_requires=["pyscaffold>=4.4,<4.5"] + sphinx,
         entry_points=entry_points,
         use_pyscaffold=True,
     )