diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3d104046..c58c03f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@master
       - name: Build wheels
         run: |
-          echo 'curl -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y --default-toolchain stable
+          echo 'set -ex
+          curl -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y --default-toolchain stable
           source ~/.cargo/env
           rustup target add ${{ matrix.platform.target }}
 
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ jobs:
           python3.9 -m pip install crossenv
           python3.9 -m crossenv "/opt/python/cp39-cp39/bin/python3" --cc $TARGET_CC --cxx $TARGET_CXX --sysroot $TARGET_SYSROOT --env LIBRARY_PATH= --manylinux manylinux1 venv
           . venv/bin/activate
-          build-pip install cffi wheel
+          build-pip install cffi wheel "setuptools>=62.4"
           cross-expose cffi
           pip install wheel
           pip install -e ../../
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 80dac190..8ecf9ff4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Packaging
+- Increase minimum `setuptools` version to 62.4. [#222](https://github.com/PyO3/setuptools-rust/pull/246)
+
 ### Fixed
 - If the sysconfig for `BLDSHARED` has no flags, `setuptools-rust` won't crash anymore. [#241](https://github.com/PyO3/setuptools-rust/pull/241)
 
diff --git a/examples/rust_with_cffi/setup.py b/examples/rust_with_cffi/setup.py
index 6479b15a..6e4b388f 100644
--- a/examples/rust_with_cffi/setup.py
+++ b/examples/rust_with_cffi/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-import platform
-import sys
-
 from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools_rust import RustExtension
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a1d016bb..00674551 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=58.0", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4.3"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=62.4", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4.3"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 0409a1d5..af86b15f 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ classifiers =
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
     Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
     Operating System :: POSIX
     Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X
@@ -26,8 +27,8 @@ classifiers =
 [options]
 packages = setuptools_rust
 zip_safe = True
-install_requires = setuptools>=58.0; semantic_version>=2.8.2,<3; typing_extensions>=3.7.4.3
-setup_requires = setuptools>=58.0; setuptools_scm>=6.3.2
+install_requires = setuptools>=62.4; semantic_version>=2.8.2,<3; typing_extensions>=3.7.4.3
+setup_requires = setuptools>=62.4; setuptools_scm>=6.3.2
 python_requires = >=3.7
 
 [options.entry_points]
diff --git a/setuptools_rust/build.py b/setuptools_rust/build.py
index 8eb26c68..5fd6af8d 100644
--- a/setuptools_rust/build.py
+++ b/setuptools_rust/build.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import sys
 import sysconfig
 from distutils import log
-from distutils.command.build import build as CommandBuild
 from distutils.errors import (
     CompileError,
     DistutilsExecError,
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@
 from distutils.sysconfig import get_config_var
 from typing import Dict, List, NamedTuple, Optional, cast
 
+from setuptools.command.build import build as CommandBuild  # type: ignore[import]
 from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext as CommandBuildExt
 from setuptools.command.build_ext import get_abi3_suffix
 from typing_extensions import Literal
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def finalize_options(self) -> None:
         super().finalize_options()
 
         if self.plat_name is None:
-            self.plat_name = cast(
+            self.plat_name = cast(  # type: ignore[no-any-unimported]
                 CommandBuild, self.get_finalized_command("build")
             ).plat_name
             assert isinstance(self.plat_name, str)
diff --git a/setuptools_rust/setuptools_ext.py b/setuptools_rust/setuptools_ext.py
index 6dae5860..c0f619cc 100644
--- a/setuptools_rust/setuptools_ext.py
+++ b/setuptools_rust/setuptools_ext.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import subprocess
-import sys
 from distutils import log
 from distutils.command.clean import clean
-from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List, Tuple, Type, cast
 
 from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext