diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0616629c..9643a97b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -80,4 +80,5 @@ version-strings = ["setup.py"]
 build-system = "setuptools"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools >= 40.6.0", "wheel"]
+requires = ["poetry>=1.0"]
+build-backend = "poetry.masonry.api"