From a32e04cf41462796178fd6b61cdb3e1768eef88b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothy Hodson <34148978+thodson-usgs@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 14:27:18 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Update setuptools version requirement in pyproject.toml

---
 pyproject.toml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 722ffa5e..cbfb6e71 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=45", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=69", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.2"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]