diff --git a/requirements-dist.in b/requirements-dist.in
index 03ff6e9f15ddab30b0b035d4653c017b08fbfd98..c006d61ba0888e015ffa2ec79676776fd3811fde 100644
--- a/requirements-dist.in
+++ b/requirements-dist.in
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@
 
 stdeb
 setuptools-scm
-setuptools<60
+setuptools>=61
diff --git a/requirements-dist.txt b/requirements-dist.txt
index 38eb33641c565ae775458ae3c3e07e70e911e23a..f7690126e68e435c971b2b222e29126f12ab237c 100644
--- a/requirements-dist.txt
+++ b/requirements-dist.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ tomli==2.0.1
     # via setuptools-scm
 
 # The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
-setuptools==59.8.0
+setuptools==73.0.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements-dist.in
     #   setuptools-scm