diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f9c6a521..e29a5e2f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright 2021- Python Language Server Contributors.
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=61.2.0", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4.3"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=69.0.0", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4.3"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]