diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3f79376..aa7c273 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=51.1.1", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=5.0"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=51.1.1", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=5.0,<8"]
 
 [tool.mypy]
 exclude = "build/"