diff --git a/.ci_support/environment-mini.yml b/.ci_support/environment-mini.yml
index 16e73594..26c34776 100644
--- a/.ci_support/environment-mini.yml
+++ b/.ci_support/environment-mini.yml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ dependencies:
 - numpy
 - cloudpickle =3.1.0
 - pyzmq =26.2.0
-- setuptools =75.1.0
+- setuptools =80.1.0
diff --git a/.ci_support/environment-mpich.yml b/.ci_support/environment-mpich.yml
index 3cd43390..6e05a499 100644
--- a/.ci_support/environment-mpich.yml
+++ b/.ci_support/environment-mpich.yml
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ dependencies:
 - pygraphviz =1.14
 - ipython =9.0.2
 - pysqa =0.2.4
-- setuptools =75.1.0
+- setuptools =80.1.0
diff --git a/.ci_support/environment-old.yml b/.ci_support/environment-old.yml
index 150bd3f4..3c863f61 100644
--- a/.ci_support/environment-old.yml
+++ b/.ci_support/environment-old.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ dependencies:
 - networkx =2.8.8
 - ipython =7.33.0
 - pygraphviz =1.10
+- setuptools =75.1.0
diff --git a/.ci_support/environment-openmpi.yml b/.ci_support/environment-openmpi.yml
index 4e7bb246..c97feb66 100644
--- a/.ci_support/environment-openmpi.yml
+++ b/.ci_support/environment-openmpi.yml
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ dependencies:
 - pygraphviz =1.14
 - pysqa =0.2.4
 - ipython =9.0.2
-- setuptools =75.1.0
+- setuptools =80.1.0
diff --git a/.ci_support/environment-win.yml b/.ci_support/environment-win.yml
index 8eb29961..778987db 100644
--- a/.ci_support/environment-win.yml
+++ b/.ci_support/environment-win.yml
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ dependencies:
 - networkx =3.4.2
 - pygraphviz =1.14
 - ipython =9.0.2
-- setuptools =75.1.0
+- setuptools =80.1.0
diff --git a/.ci_support/release.py b/.ci_support/release.py
index cb90330c..93ebb32c 100644
--- a/.ci_support/release.py
+++ b/.ci_support/release.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ def get_setup_version_and_pattern(setup_content):
     for l in setup_content:
         if "==" in l:
             lst = (
-                l.split("[")[-1]
-                .split("]")[0]
+                l.split("= [")[-1]
+                .split("]\n")[0]
                 .replace(" ", "")
                 .replace('"', "")
                 .replace("'", "")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4029cf33..0e426ca6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["cloudpickle", "pyzmq", "setuptools", "versioneer[toml]==0.29"]
+requires = [
+    "cloudpickle==3.1.1",
+    "pyzmq==26.4.0",
+    "setuptools==80.1.0",
+    "versioneer[toml]==0.29",
+]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]