diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c0f9aed..4de48b3 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ install_requires =
     appdirs>=1.4.4
     lzstring>=1.0.4
     typing-extensions>=4.0.1
-    setuptools
+    setuptools; python_version>='3.12'
 tests_require =
     pytest>=3
 zip_safe = False