diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f524f8ec9..b4975f4ee 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ known-first-party = ["django_stubs_ext", "mypy_django_plugin"]
 split-on-trailing-comma = false
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools<79.0.0", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools<81.0.0", "wheel"]