diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 91bc31563..6b55c7bad 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ dev = [
     "pre-commit"
 ]
 
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=69.0.2"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
 [tool.codespell]
 skip = '.git,*.pdf,*.svg'
 #