diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ec6b92ebe..90f748905 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools==71.1.0", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools==68.2.0", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]