diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d5d09f4900..44b49360ee 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=64", "setuptools_scm>=8"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=70.1.0", "setuptools_scm>=8"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]