diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml
index 93243c0..e15bb7d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: "3.12"
       - name: Build source distribution
         run: |
-          # FIXME: setuptools was removed starting with Python 3.12
-          pip install --upgrade --force setuptools
+          python -m pip install "."
           python setup.py sdist
       - name: Store the source distribution
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d909424..d90a120 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
     "readme_renderer",
 ]
 install_requires = [
-    # https://github.com/pypa/distutils/issues/283
-    "setuptools<72.2.0",
+    "setuptools>=66.1.0",
+    'setuptools<72.2.0; implementation_name == "pypy"',  # https://github.com/pypa/distutils/issues/283
 ]
 
 MARISA_ROOT_DIR = "marisa-trie"