diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6278e49..c83e819 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ lsdb_ml_version = "lsdb_ml_cli.lsdb_ml_version:main"
 
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    "setuptools>=62", # Used to build and package the Python project
+    "setuptools>=84.0.0", # Used to build and package the Python project
     "setuptools_scm>=10.3.4", # Gets release version from git. Makes it available programmatically
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"