diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e4c06d271..d5480e1c6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ build = [
     "build",
     "hatchling",
     "pip",
-    "setuptools",
+    "setuptools>=71.0.2",  # 71.0.0 broke pyinstaller
     "wheel",
 ]
 dev = [