diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1c48946ab..66b001c0d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Repository = "https://github.com/pyro-ppl/numpyro"
 
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"