diff --git a/run_af2/pyproject.toml b/run_af2/pyproject.toml
index d550e432144c1f8f330d83c4049cee75509d983e..3dfc0d43b289cf5f59fc3bc74f7e2605a34b0839 100644
--- a/run_af2/pyproject.toml
+++ b/run_af2/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ write_to = "src/run_af2/version.py"
 # This works only with Python 3.6, for 3.7 this needs to be fixed. With
 # setuptools >=61, setup.cfg is gone (https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/userguide/pyproject_config.html#configuring-setuptools-using-pyproject-toml-files)
 requires = [
-    "setuptools==56",
+    "setuptools>=56",
     "wheel",
-    "setuptools_scm==6.0"
+    "setuptools_scm>=6.0"
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"