diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e73545b..04ecdcf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=83"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=84.0.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dependencies = [
 ocr-paddle = [
     "paddleocr>=3.7,<4.0",
     # Paddle OCR's dependency chain uses setuptools at runtime.
-    "setuptools>=83",
+    "setuptools>=84.0.0",
     # PaddlePaddle 3.3.x has a CPU/oneDNN regression affecting PP-OCR models.
     "paddlepaddle==3.2.2",
 ]