diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a911a2a723b1..ecbf3a9583b1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 requires = [
     # 70.1.0: min version for integrated bdist_wheel command from wheel package
     # 77.0.0: min version for SPDX expression support for project.license
-    "setuptools>=70.1.0,<80.0",
+    "setuptools>=70.1.0",
     "cmake>=3.27",
     "ninja",
     "numpy",
diff --git a/requirements-build.txt b/requirements-build.txt
index be19d987f73d..05dd26e75a14 100644
--- a/requirements-build.txt
+++ b/requirements-build.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Build System requirements
-setuptools>=70.1.0,<80.0  # setuptools develop deprecated on 80.0
+setuptools>=70.1.0
 cmake>=3.27
 ninja
 numpy