diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 448c088..c1c6229 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=45", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2", "cmake", "ninja", "wheel", "dask", "pytest-runner"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2", "cmake", "ninja", "wheel", "dask", "pytest-runner"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]