diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d1e6ae6e5647..8fe2f47af9a1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"