diff --git a/conda-recipe-cf/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe-cf/meta.yaml
index 7d1b662..193e0c8 100644
--- a/conda-recipe-cf/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe-cf/meta.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ requirements:
       - {{ compiler('dpcpp') }} >=2024.2  # [not osx]
       - sysroot_linux-64 >=2.28  # [linux]
     host:
-      - setuptools
+      - setuptools >=77
       - cmake
       - ninja
       - git
diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index feddb5f..2acdb41 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ requirements:
       - {{ compiler('dpcpp') }} >=2024.2  # [not osx]
       - sysroot_linux-64 >=2.28  # [linux]
     host:
-      - setuptools
+      - setuptools >=77
       - cmake
       - ninja
       - git