diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 234fb5b30..ed761f6a8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 __pycache__/
 build/
 tests/cli.toml
-pytest_pulp_cli/GPG-PRIVATE-KEY-fixture-signing
+GPG-PRIVATE-KEY-fixture-signing
 site/
 dist/
 *.po~
diff --git a/pulp-glue/pyproject.toml b/pulp-glue/pyproject.toml
index c39e2d7d3..9bcc3a977 100644
--- a/pulp-glue/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pulp-glue/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools<81"]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ classifiers = [
 dependencies = [
   "importlib_resources>=5.4.0,<6.2;python_version<'3.9'",
   "multidict>=6.0.5,<6.7",
-  "packaging>=20.0,<=25.0",  # CalVer
+  "packaging>=20.0,<=26.2",  # CalVer
   "requests>=2.24.0,<2.33",
 ]
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2a1ad2cd9..52e5aae03 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools<81"]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]