diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 94e5b1517..c585d8baa 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = ["setuptools"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+build-backend = "setuptools*"
 
 [tool.setuptools]
 packages = ["sync"]
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "pygithub==2.8.1",
   "pyyaml==6.0.3",
   "requests==2.32.5",
-  "setuptools==80.9.0",
+  "setuptools==80.10.1",
   "slugid==2.0.0",
   "taskcluster==91.1.1",
 ]