diff --git a/api/python/backend/config.py b/api/python/backend/config.py
index a935fad159..521777f5ad 100644
--- a/api/python/backend/config.py
+++ b/api/python/backend/config.py
@@ -212,14 +212,6 @@ def get_cmake_args(self, editable: bool = False) -> List[str]:
             cmake_args.append(
                 "-DLIEF_PYTHON_EDITABLE=ON",
             )
-        if self._config.build.ninja:
-            # For some reasons, this condition is not met:
-            # https://github.com/scikit-build/scikit-build-core/blob/9ac2e35aa888b70e9f1999a75dfafb7a5d709f88/src/scikit_build_core/cmake.py#L173-L174
-            # https://github.com/scikit-build/scikit-build-core/blob/9ac2e35aa888b70e9f1999a75dfafb7a5d709f88/src/scikit_build_core/cmake.py#L205-L207
-            cmake_args.append(
-                f"-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE={self._config.build.build_type}",
-            )
-
         return cmake_args
 
     @property
diff --git a/api/python/backend/setup.py b/api/python/backend/setup.py
index 649dfc189e..287422cae6 100644
--- a/api/python/backend/setup.py
+++ b/api/python/backend/setup.py
@@ -108,10 +108,7 @@ def _get_hooked_config(is_editable: bool) -> Optional[dict[str, Union[str, List[
             *config.cmake_generator,
             *config.get_cmake_args(is_editable),
         ],
-        # 'wheel.exclude' does not exist but the 'wheel' is aware of it
-        # Note(romain): It could be worth to have a wheel.exclude for wheel.
-        #               the directories in wheel.packages
-        "sdist.exclude": Config.DEFAULT_EXCLUDE,
+        "wheel.exclude": Config.DEFAULT_EXCLUDE,
     }
     return config_settings
 
diff --git a/api/python/build-requirements.txt b/api/python/build-requirements.txt
index 36dfa6d7fd..20fad096ab 100644
--- a/api/python/build-requirements.txt
+++ b/api/python/build-requirements.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 tomli==2.0.1
-scikit-build-core==0.6.0
+scikit-build-core==0.8.1
 # For Ninja: msvc.msvc14_get_vc_env
-setuptools==68.2.2
+setuptools==69.1.0
 # For the "env" feature
-pydantic==2.4.2
-pydantic-core==2.10.1
+pydantic==2.6.1
+pydantic-core==2.16.2
 # Implicit from scikit-build-core
 pyproject_metadata==0.7.1
-pathspec==0.11.2
+pathspec==0.12.1
 build==1.0.3
-wheel==0.41.3
+wheel==0.42.0