diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index cfa2d3f..0545498 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ setup_requires =
 build =
     bork==5.1.0
     pip==21.0.1
-    setuptools==54.2.0
+    setuptools==56.0.0
     wheel==0.36.2
 
 # testing and linting are split, to avoid CI problems