diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d7a89d64d596a4cdd1e2b9ab3f97fed2f8f12c6f..7cd9f02de428858a77131351eec7dec9a94ec68b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools >= 77.0.3", "setuptools-scm", "wheel", "numpy"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=42", "setuptools-scm", "wheel", "numpy"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]