diff --git a/examples/pure-setuptools/pyproject.toml b/examples/pure-setuptools/pyproject.toml
index 77f19a4cc..d7a35b4a4 100644
--- a/examples/pure-setuptools/pyproject.toml
+++ b/examples/pure-setuptools/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=61"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=80"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]