diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 5a832f28..933dc546 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ dev =
     pdoc3 >=0.10,<0.11
     pycodestyle >=2.8,<3 # formatter
     pylint >=3.3,<4 # code linter
-    setuptools >=42,<76
+    setuptools >=42,<81
     twine >=3.4,<5 # PyPI
     types-requests >=2.26,<3 # mypy type hints
     types-setuptools >= 71.1 # mypy type hints