diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dd442649..e78558f3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    "setuptools>=45",
+    "setuptools<64",
     "setuptools_scm>=6.4",
     "wheel>=0.37",
     "ninja>=1.10; sys_platform != 'win32'",