diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 867986a4..965f0b47 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "scikit-build",
-    "setuptools",
+    "setuptools>=42",
     "wheel"
 ]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"