diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 21c697c..903a618 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=68", "wheel"]
-build-backend = "setuptools.backends.legacy:build"
+requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "llm-connect"