diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 12ce8dd..abb62e8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ dependencies = [
 optimake = "optimade_maker.cli:cli"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools >= 62", "setuptools_scm ~= 8.1", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools >= 62", "setuptools_scm >= 8.1,< 11.0", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]