diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 19a9cd98aff..2b6b87d4e30 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   trailing comma (#2384)
 - Parsing support has been added for unparenthesized walruses in set literals, set
   comprehensions, and indices (#2447).
-- Pin `setuptools-scm` dependency version (#2449)
+- Pin `setuptools-scm` build-time dependency version (#2450)
 
 ### _Blackd_
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d085c0ddc62..30e62974475 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ extend-exclude = '''
 # NOTE: You don't need this in your own Black configuration.
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=41.0", "setuptools-scm", "wheel"]
+# We're pinning setuptools-scm to bugfix versions only because for build-time
+# deps having them work on install by default is really important. Especially
+# since it's hard for users to work-around the specified build requirements.
+requires = ["setuptools>=41.0", "setuptools_scm~=6.0.1", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 941236db390..dbd667e8f19 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [options]
-setup_requires = 
+setup_requires =
   setuptools_scm~=6.0.1