diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 06353a55..3d809d02 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
 [tool.basedpyright]
 include = ["fastapi_startkit/src/fastapi_startkit", "example"]
 exclude = [