diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b01ebf3e..5801c695 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [build-system]
 # https://stackoverflow.com/a/69711730
-requires = ["setuptools>=64.0.0", "wheel", "pip"]
+#requires = ["setuptools>=64.0.0", "wheel", "pip"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel", "pip"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]