diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d1e6ae6..186965c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=40.8.0", "wheel"]