diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a6331ef5f35f9e29e3093a4c0b0a3694669400c7..bff06e7b167f9bab3ff085821052eea3786f77ab 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ python package install tests:
         
         uv venv -p $PYTHON_VERSION
         
-        uv pip install dist/nomad-*.tar.gz
+        uv pip install dist/nomad_*.tar.gz
         
         ./.venv/bin/python -c 'import nomad.cli'
         ./.venv/bin/python -c 'from nomad.client import ArchiveQuery'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b90c81a89c92c32b5c9047f77e92ece7aceddf40..d0deb42c081fdad5227e0b06059c2fa7f8df5c3c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools<69.3.0", "setuptools-scm"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=77", "setuptools-scm"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]