--- pyproject.toml.orig	2026-01-03 16:40:12 UTC
+++ pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ requires = [
     # Next step should be >= 77.0 for PEP 639 support
     # Don't bump too early to give distributors time to update
     # their setuptools version.
-    "setuptools >= 67.0",
+    "setuptools >= 61.0",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"