--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 requires = [
     # first version that supports Python 3.12; older versions may work
     # with previous Python versions, but are not tested
-    "setuptools >= 66.1"
+    "setuptools"
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"