diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 78b53725..f4b7d678 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    "setuptools>=45", # Used to build and package the Python project
+    "setuptools>=62", # Used to build and package the Python project
     "setuptools_scm>=6.2", # Gets release version from git. Makes it available programmatically
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
-write_to = "_version.py"
\ No newline at end of file
+write_to = "_version.py"
diff --git a/python-project-template/pyproject.toml.jinja b/python-project-template/pyproject.toml.jinja
index 916f9760..2cab9773 100644
--- a/python-project-template/pyproject.toml.jinja
+++ b/python-project-template/pyproject.toml.jinja
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ dev = [
 
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    "setuptools>=45", # Used to build and package the Python project
+    "setuptools>=62", # Used to build and package the Python project
     "setuptools_scm>=6.2", # Gets release version from git. Makes it available programmatically
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"