diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d4901f4d78b..bc899596b4c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ dask = "xarray.namedarray.daskmanager:DaskManager"
 
 [build-system]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
-requires = ["setuptools>=42", "setuptools-scm>=7"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=77.0.3", "setuptools-scm>=8"]
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 include = ["xarray*"]