diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f2b6713..5d4ba15 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ license = { file = "LICENSE" }
 keywords = ["substrate", "development", "bittensor"]
 
 dependencies = [
-    "wheel>0.46.1",
     "aiosqlite>=0.21.0,<1.0.0",
     "cyscale>=0.3.3,<1.0.0",
     "typing_extensions>= 4.0.0; python_version<'3.11'",
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ asyncio_default_fixture_loop_scope = "module"
 ignore_missing_imports = true
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=70.0", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=78.1.1", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]