diff --git a/backends/neuron/server/pyproject.toml b/backends/neuron/server/pyproject.toml
index ed790fdb8..6bf4e5eee 100644
--- a/backends/neuron/server/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backends/neuron/server/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=78.1"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]