diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f5ab3d5f..2e472d52 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 requires = [
     "setuptools>=75",
     "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2",
-    "wheel"
+    "wheel",
+    "packaging>=26.0"
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"