diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 799e73b4..b8e8c462 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    "setuptools>=71.0.3",
+    "setuptools",
     # "setuptools>=59.6.0", # for 3.6
 ]