diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c7e7051..472b268 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Source = "https://github.com/Observation-Management-Service/ewms-message-queue-s
 Documentation = "https://observation-management-service.github.io/ewms-docs/services/mqs.html"
 
 [build-system] # do not edit — autogenerated by wipac-dev-py-setup-action
-requires = ["setuptools>=78.1", "setuptools-scm"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=82.0.1", "setuptools-scm"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools] # do not edit — autogenerated by wipac-dev-py-setup-action