diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 02407fd..080716c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ release = [
 
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    "setuptools==70.3.0",
+    "setuptools==71.1.0",
     "setuptools_scm[toml]>=7.1"
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"