diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 75a5d2a0..5096cd82 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ actor = []
 api = [
   "grpcio-tools >= 1.47.0, < 2",
   "mypy-protobuf >= 3.0.0, < 4",
-  "setuptools >= 67.6.0, < 72",
+  "setuptools >= 67.6.0, < 73",
 ]
 app = []
 lib = []
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ dev-pylint = [
   # dev-pytest already defines a dependency to pylint because of the examples
   # For checking the noxfile, docs/ script, and tests
   "frequenz-repo-config[dev-mkdocs,dev-noxfile,dev-pytest]",
-  "setuptools >= 67.6.0, < 72",                              # Should match the build dependency
+  "setuptools >= 67.6.0, < 73",                              # Should match the build dependency
 ]
 dev-pytest = [
   "pytest == 8.3.2",