diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a70208cb2..44ca596b1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "huggingface-hub[hf-transfer,cli]>=0.34.2,<0.36.0",
 
     # Core dependencies
+    "setuptools>=71.0.0,<81.0.0",
     "cmake>=3.29.0.1,<4.2.0",
     "einops>=0.8.0,<0.9.0",
     "opencv-python-headless>=4.9.0,<4.13.0",