diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml
index 93243c0..2c63c39 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build wheels
         run: python -m cibuildwheel
         env:
+          CIBW_SKIP: "pp*"  # skip PyPy releases
           CIBW_ARCHS_MACOS: "x86_64 universal2 arm64"
           CIBW_ARCHS_LINUX: "auto aarch64"
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index f148714..29d8c37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+          cache: pip
       - name: Install test dependencies
         run: python -m pip install ".[test]"
       - name: Test
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 2f9781c..f9e4778 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@
 CHANGES
 =======
 
-1.2.1 (2024-09-17)
+1.2.1 (2024-10-12)
 ------------------
 
-* Publish Python 3.13 wheels.
+* Publish Python 3.13 wheels (only CPython ones, PyPy ones are skipped until https://github.com/pypa/distutils/issues/283 is fixed).
 * Rebuild Cython wrapper with Cython 3.0.11.
-* Stick to ``setuptools < 72.2.0`` to workaround a crash with PyPy (https://github.com/pypa/distutils/issues/283)
 
 1.2.0 (2024-06-05)
 ------------------
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d909424..b620ff7 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
     "readme_renderer",
 ]
 install_requires = [
-    # https://github.com/pypa/distutils/issues/283
-    "setuptools<72.2.0",
+    "setuptools",
 ]
 
 MARISA_ROOT_DIR = "marisa-trie"