diff --git a/examples/pyproject.toml b/examples/pyproject.toml
index cc4025365..f119a8555 100644
--- a/examples/pyproject.toml
+++ b/examples/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ local_scheme = "no-local-version"
 version_scheme = "post-release"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ['setuptools==76.0.0', 'setuptools-scm==8.2.1']
+requires = ['setuptools==78.1.0', 'setuptools-scm==8.2.1']
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 730626cea..f7d844276 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ local_scheme = "no-local-version"
 version_scheme = "post-release"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ['setuptools==75.3.0', 'setuptools-scm==8.2.1']
+requires = ['setuptools==78.1.0', 'setuptools-scm==8.2.1']