diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 05e5b2c..20123a3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ write_to = "src/TryNiceGUI/__version__.py"
 
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-  "setuptools>=45",
+  "setuptools>=82.0.1",
   "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2",
   "wheel",
 ]