diff --git a/core-requirements.txt b/core-requirements.txt
index 3373585..60a849e 100644
--- a/core-requirements.txt
+++ b/core-requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 devpi-plumber>=0.2.14
-setuptools<82  # setuptools 82 drops pkg_resources
+setuptools<84  # setuptools 82 drops pkg_resources
 wheel
 wheel-filename<2  # wheel-filename 2 breaks imports of InvalidFilenameError, parse_wheel_filename
 wheel-inspect>=1.6.0
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 31e9e44..cddaba9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=64", "setuptools_scm>=8"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=83.0.0", "setuptools_scm>=8"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]