diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a77137c5..c3a3fd44 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
-requires = [ "setuptools>=77.0.3" ]
+requires = [ "setuptools>=84.2.0" ]
 
 [project]
 name = "braincell"