diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f37ced6..4197d78 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ explicit = true
 # separate distribution from ./dinov3.
 # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=64", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=83.0.0", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]