diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a57b100..fec7d7a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    "setuptools>=42",
+    "setuptools>=42, <72.2.0",
     "pybind11>=2.10.0"
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"