diff --git a/build/pkgs/setuptools/SPKG.rst b/build/pkgs/setuptools/SPKG.rst
index 13fec3a1f54..bb69c65b66a 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/setuptools/SPKG.rst
+++ b/build/pkgs/setuptools/SPKG.rst
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
-setuptools: Easily download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages
-===================================================================================
+setuptools: Build system for Python packages
+============================================
 
 Description
 -----------
 
-Easily download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages
+setuptools is the classical build system for Python packages,
+a collection of enhancements to the Python distutils.
 
 License
 -------
 
+MIT License
+
 Upstream Contact
 ----------------
 
-https://pypi.org/project/setuptools/
+http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/
 
+https://github.com/pypa/setuptools
diff --git a/build/pkgs/setuptools/install-requires.txt b/build/pkgs/setuptools/install-requires.txt
index 49fe098d9e6..c12b5900873 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/setuptools/install-requires.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/setuptools/install-requires.txt
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-setuptools
+# 68.1.0 Promote pyproject.toml's [tool.setuptools] out of beta.
+# 68.1.1 Fix editable install finder handling of nested packages
+setuptools >= 68.1.1