diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c3e0b98..862cb38 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 
diff --git a/src/pger/templates/pyproject.toml b/src/pger/templates/pyproject.toml
index 36f0ab6..c0e758f 100644
--- a/src/pger/templates/pyproject.toml
+++ b/src/pger/templates/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"