--- pyproject.toml.orig	2025-04-17 21:02:13 UTC
+++ pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ requires = [
 
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    "setuptools >=70.1",
+    "setuptools >=61",
     # "setuptools-scm",   # if we want to use git versions for versioning
     # "wheel",  # setuptools doesn't need wheel anymore, see https://pypi.org/project/wheel/
 ]