diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index b99e3a30..0764a117 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -2,36 +2,4 @@
 
 ## Summary
 
-<!-- Here goes a general summary of what this release is about -->
-
-## Upgrading
-
-<!-- Here goes notes on how to upgrade from previous versions, including deprecations and what they should be replaced with -->
-
-### Cookiecutter template
-
-All upgrading should be done via the migration script or regenerating the templates.
-
-```bash
-curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/frequenz-floss/frequenz-repo-config-python/v0.12/cookiecutter/migrate.py | python3
-```
-
-But you might still need to adapt your code:
-
-<!-- Here upgrade steps for cookiecutter specifically -->
-
-## New Features
-
-<!-- Here goes the main new features and examples or instructions on how to use them -->
-
-### Cookiecutter template
-
-<!-- Here new features for cookiecutter specifically -->
-
-## Bug Fixes
-
-<!-- Here goes notable bug fixes that are worth a special mention or explanation -->
-
-### Cookiecutter template
-
-<!-- Here bug fixes for cookiecutter specifically -->
+This release just widens the `setuptools` dependency to allow for version 80.x.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4d27953b..5f8b801b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ actor = []
 api = [
   "grpcio-tools >= 1.47.0, < 2",
   "mypy-protobuf >= 3.0.0, < 4",
-  "setuptools >= 67.6.0, < 80",
+  "setuptools >= 67.6.0, < 81",
 ]
 app = []
 lib = []
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ dev-mkdocs = [
 ]
 dev-mypy = [
   "mypy == 1.15.0",
-  "types-setuptools >= 67.6.0, < 80", # Should match the api dependency
+  "types-setuptools >= 67.6.0, < 81", # Should match the api dependency
   "types-Markdown == 3.7.0.20250322",
   "types-PyYAML == 6.0.12.20250326",
   "types-babel == 2.11.0.15",
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ dev-pylint = [
   # dev-pytest already defines a dependency to pylint because of the examples
   # For checking the noxfile, docs/ script, and tests
   "frequenz-repo-config[dev-mkdocs,dev-noxfile,dev-pytest]",
-  "setuptools >= 67.6.0, < 80", # Should match the api dependency
+  "setuptools >= 67.6.0, < 81", # Should match the api dependency
 ]
 dev-pytest = [
   "pytest == 8.3.5",