diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cbdb0a25..ec5d2e4d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 [build-system]
-# setuptools>=77 is required for the SPDX ``license`` expression used in
+# setuptools>=83.0.0 is required for the SPDX ``license`` expression used in
 # setup.py (see PEP 639). setuptools-scm derives the version from the latest
 # git tag (e.g. ``v3.5.0`` -> ``3.5.0``), so releases only require tagging,
 # and writes it to stone/_version.py for runtime access.
-requires = ["setuptools>=77", "setuptools-scm>=10.2.1,<11"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=83.0.0", "setuptools-scm>=10.2.1,<11"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]