diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 46ced0756d..5a5e27f308 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>=75.0.0", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=5.0"]
 
 [tool.mypy]
 exclude = ["build/", "dist/", "docs/", "tests/integration/cli/projects/"]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 37ae1886f4..dafa63191b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     ],
     "doc": ["sphinx-ape"],
     "release": [  # `release` GitHub Action job uses this
-        "setuptools",  # Installation tool
+        "setuptools>=75",  # Installation tool
         "wheel",  # Packaging tool
         "twine==3.8.0",  # Package upload tool
     ],