diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7f99505..af7df7d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ dependencies = []
 dev = []
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["PyYAML >= 6"]
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+requires = ['setuptools>=40.8.0', "PyYAML >= 6"]
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