diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 53515c4262..c61c8b38e9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=66.1"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=71.0.4"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
diff --git a/requirements_test_min.txt b/requirements_test_min.txt
index fe4ac7a7fa..1f3f7586d1 100644
--- a/requirements_test_min.txt
+++ b/requirements_test_min.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ pytest-timeout~=2.3
 towncrier~=23.11
 requests
 # Voluntary for test purpose, not actually used in prod, see #8904
-setuptools==41.6.0
+setuptools;python_version>='3.12'
diff --git a/tests/functional/r/recursion/recursion_error_3159.py b/tests/functional/r/recursion/recursion_error_3159.py
index d905ad862a..9abfed9878 100644
--- a/tests/functional/r/recursion/recursion_error_3159.py
+++ b/tests/functional/r/recursion/recursion_error_3159.py
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ def initialize_options(self):
     def finalize_options(self):
         pass
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def run():
+    def run(self):
         print("Do anything")