diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 270485e36a..33b759e1d3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    "setuptools>=77.0.3,<=80.9.0",
+    "setuptools>=81.0.0,<=81.0.0",
     "setuptools-scm>=9.2,<=9.2.2",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"