diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 912d4b60..4d349753 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ all = [
 "Bug Tracker" = "https://github.com/Aiven-Open/kio/issues"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools==75.1.0", "setuptools-scm==8.1.0", "wheel==0.44.0"]
+requires = ["setuptools==75.6.0", "setuptools-scm==8.1.0", "wheel==0.44.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools]