diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a604b18..cdc4210 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -48,5 +48,5 @@ dev = ["check-manifest", "pytest"]
 "Source Code" = "https://github.com/fastdatascience/faststylometry"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=46.4.0", "wheel", "twine"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=66.1.0", "wheel", "twine"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
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