diff --git a/bob/devtools/templates/pyproject.toml b/bob/devtools/templates/pyproject.toml
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bb5e83cb40b5871b321beb790ae14606b010e4ca
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+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "bob.extension"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9787c3bdf008a57ae3cb2e27a8261eb3f134ff73
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+++ b/pyproject.toml
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+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"