diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 98fa51c44..efbb9b6c2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ pytest = "pytest:console_main"
 [build-system]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 requires = [
-    "setuptools>=45",
+    "setuptools>=61",
     "setuptools-scm[toml]>=6.2.3",
 ]