diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e23a4a92b4..2893ad20c4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 # SETUP CONFIGURATION.                                                        #
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=64.0.0", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]