diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9181a22..da6730d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = ["oldest-supported-numpy",
-            "setuptools",
+            "setuptools<60.0",
             "distro",
             "wheel"]