diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bf2d3c6..5fc4f25 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 black = { version = "^18.3-alpha.0", python = "^3.7" }
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=45", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.0"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=84.0.0", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]