diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 957b1fd04bb0..667f29e23ff2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ requires = [
     "setuptools>=40.6.0",
     "wheel",
     # Must be kept in sync with the `setup_requirements` in `setup.py`
-    "cffi>=1.8,!=1.11.3; platform_python_implementation != 'PyPy'",
+    "cffi>=1.12; platform_python_implementation != 'PyPy'",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8477c826b28f..4ebbc1b50203 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 
 # `setup_requirements` must be kept in sync with `pyproject.toml`
-setup_requirements = ["cffi>=1.8,!=1.11.3"]
+setup_requirements = ["cffi>=1.12"]
 
 if platform.python_implementation() == "PyPy":
     if sys.pypy_version_info < (5, 4):