diff --git a/robust_intelligence_ai_firewall/pyproject.toml b/robust_intelligence_ai_firewall/pyproject.toml
index db0f4cd52b..0c22868ad3 100644
--- a/robust_intelligence_ai_firewall/pyproject.toml
+++ b/robust_intelligence_ai_firewall/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "hatchling>=0.13.0",
-    "setuptools>=66; python_version > '3.0'",
+    "setuptools>=82.0.1; python_version > '3.0'",
     "setuptools; python_version < '3.0'",
 ]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"