diff --git a/changelog/186.bugfix.rst b/changelog/186.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32303f0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/186.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed build issue with missing pkg_resources module during import
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 50f04efa..9f990ddb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools >= 65.6.0", "wheel >= 0.36.0"]
+requires = [
+    "setuptools>=72.0.0,<81.0.0",
+    "wheel>=0.38.4,<1.0.0"
+]
 build-backend = 'setuptools.build_meta'
 
 [tool.towncrier]
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e8b51bf5..8cf8fd26 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ packages =
     find_namespace:
 include_package_data = True
 install_requires =
+    setuptools>=72.0.0,<81.0.0
     numpy>=1.26,<3
     ipython>=8.14
     ipywidgets>=8.0
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ dev =
 docs =
     sphinx>=7.2.6
     sphinxawesome-theme>=5.0.0
-    docutils>=0.20.1
+    docutils>=0.20.1,<0.21.0
     nbsphinx>=0.9.0
     nbsphinx_link>=1.0.0
     autodoc_pydantic>=2.0.0