diff --git pyproject.toml pyproject.toml
index dd885e40f5c6..73a41361a160 100644
--- pyproject.toml
+++ pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 # setuptools 64+ support --build-option
 # setuptools 74+ drops distutils.msvc9compiler required for Python 3.9 under Windows
-requires = ["setuptools>=64,<74"]
+requires = ["setuptools"]
 backend-path = ["build_script"]
 build-backend = "pyzstd_pep517"