diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6abc93843..4f29410a6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ where = ["src"]
 "*" = ["*.c", "*.h", "*.pyx"]
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=77.0.0", "setuptools_scm>=8", "wheel", "pkgconfig", "Cython>=3.0.3"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=78.1.1", "setuptools_scm>=8", "wheel", "pkgconfig", "Cython>=3.0.3"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
diff --git a/requirements.d/development.txt b/requirements.d/development.txt
index f91d541ee..804980123 100644
--- a/requirements.d/development.txt
+++ b/requirements.d/development.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-setuptools>=77.0.0
+setuptools>=78.1.1
 setuptools_scm>=8
 pip
 virtualenv