diff --git a/plugins/apel/pyproject.toml b/plugins/apel/pyproject.toml
index c20f1814..d673c4e8 100644
--- a/plugins/apel/pyproject.toml
+++ b/plugins/apel/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools==73.0.1"]
+requires = ["setuptools==74.1.1"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ tests = [
 ]
 build = [
       "build==1.2.1",
-      "setuptools==73.0.1",
+      "setuptools==74.1.1",
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]