diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 02dc3610..fec48174 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ test:
 pypi_package:
 	make install
 	check-manifest
-	python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+	python -m build
 	twine check dist/*
 	twine upload --skip-existing dist/* -u __token__
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 45bb1ab6..afca68a6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel"]
+
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0.0", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]