diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 522aa19..05ebcd1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=51.1.1", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=5.0,<8"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=72.2.0", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=5.0"]
 
 [tool.mypy]
 exclude = "build/"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 66b9e0c..7e982df 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         "sphinx-plausible>=0.1.2,<0.2",
     ],
     "release": [  # `release` GitHub Action job uses this
-        "setuptools",  # Installation tool
+        "setuptools>=72.2.0",  # Installation tool
         "setuptools-scm",  # Installation tool
         "wheel",  # Packaging tool
         "twine",  # Package upload tool