diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3f97885..3b55c34 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ install_requires =
   pytest-cov
   pytest-repeat
   pytest-rerunfailures
-  setuptools>=30.3.0,<80
+  setuptools>=30.3.0
   # toml is also supported but deprecated
   tomli>=1.0.0; python_version < "3.11"
 packages = find: