diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bea5261e..4fe97490 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    "setuptools>=42",
+    # Upper bound needed until https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/4483/ is fixed
+    "setuptools>=42,<71.0.0",
     "wheel",
     "versioneer-518",
 ]