diff --git a/ocrd/pyproject.toml b/ocrd/pyproject.toml
index 12c4962f21..fb8dd79ecc 100644
--- a/ocrd/pyproject.toml
+++ b/ocrd/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-         "setuptools>=42",
+         "setuptools>=61",
          "setuptools_scm[toml]",
          "wheel",
 ]  # PEP 508 specifications.
diff --git a/ocrd_modelfactory/pyproject.toml b/ocrd_modelfactory/pyproject.toml
index dfb32940ec..34798daf29 100644
--- a/ocrd_modelfactory/pyproject.toml
+++ b/ocrd_modelfactory/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-         "setuptools>=42",
+         "setuptools>=61",
          "setuptools_scm[toml]",
          "wheel",
 ]  # PEP 508 specifications.
diff --git a/ocrd_models/pyproject.toml b/ocrd_models/pyproject.toml
index 4a3d879d63..5f8e3ebb1a 100644
--- a/ocrd_models/pyproject.toml
+++ b/ocrd_models/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-         "setuptools>=42",
+         "setuptools>=61",
          "setuptools_scm[toml]",
          "wheel",
 ]  # PEP 508 specifications.
diff --git a/ocrd_network/pyproject.toml b/ocrd_network/pyproject.toml
index 43717a0da5..778038ab8d 100644
--- a/ocrd_network/pyproject.toml
+++ b/ocrd_network/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-         "setuptools>=42",
+         "setuptools>=61",
          "setuptools_scm[toml]",
          "wheel",
 ]  # PEP 508 specifications.
diff --git a/ocrd_utils/pyproject.toml b/ocrd_utils/pyproject.toml
index 832258ef0a..dec419a9bf 100644
--- a/ocrd_utils/pyproject.toml
+++ b/ocrd_utils/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-         "setuptools>=42",
+         "setuptools>=61",
          "setuptools_scm[toml]",
          "wheel",
 ]  # PEP 508 specifications.
diff --git a/ocrd_validators/pyproject.toml b/ocrd_validators/pyproject.toml
index 39933ffd32..e039baeff4 100644
--- a/ocrd_validators/pyproject.toml
+++ b/ocrd_validators/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-         "setuptools>=42",
+         "setuptools>=61",
          "setuptools_scm[toml]",
          "wheel",
 ]  # PEP 508 specifications.