diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 390dc0ce9..48dd35219 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 requires = [
     'scikit-build-core>=0.9.0',
     'hatchling',
-    'cffi>=1.3.0 ; python_version < "3.12"',
-    'cffi>=1.16 ; python_version >= "3.12"',
+    'setuptools>=42.0.0',
+    'cffi>=1.3.0,
 ]
 build-backend = 'hatchling.build'