diff --git a/envs/kernrl/pyproject.toml b/envs/kernrl/pyproject.toml
index 44825dfaa..17a2992c6 100644
--- a/envs/kernrl/pyproject.toml
+++ b/envs/kernrl/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=45", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=83.0.0", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]