diff --git a/scripts/setup.ps1 b/scripts/setup.ps1
index cb90858..0a43bde 100644
--- a/scripts/setup.ps1
+++ b/scripts/setup.ps1
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ else {
 
     & $VenvPython -m pip install --upgrade pip
     if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw 'Failed to upgrade pip.' }
+    & $VenvPython -m pip install --upgrade "setuptools>=83.0.0"
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw 'Failed to upgrade setuptools.' }
 
     # Check for [project.optional-dependencies] dev in pyproject.toml
     $HasDevExtras = $false
diff --git a/scripts/setup.sh b/scripts/setup.sh
index 60aa291..d9e1a84 100644
--- a/scripts/setup.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ else
     python3 -m venv .venv
 
     .venv/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+    .venv/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade "setuptools>=83.0.0"
 
     # Check for [project.optional-dependencies] dev in pyproject.toml
     HAS_DEV_EXTRAS=false