diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 320d94a..77c4782 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 [build-system]
 build-backend = 'setuptools.build_meta'
-requires = ['setuptools >= 47', 'wheel']
+requires = [
+    # avoid moving to https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/3593
+    # until we're ready
+    "setuptools>=61.0,<69.3",
+]
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 79