diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2826ee30..7d5a9b49 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "setuptools ~= 71.0.4",
+    "wheel ~= 0.43.0",
+    "incremental == 22.10.0",
+]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
 [tool.towncrier]
     package = "towncrier"
     package_dir = "src"