diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
index 5750dd2..8e6b0e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
             CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM=x64
             CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL=${{ steps.get_num_cores.outputs.count }}
           CIBW_ARCHS: AMD64
-          CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: python -m pip install setuptools wheel delvewheel # skip CasADi and CMake
+          CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: python -m pip install setuptools delvewheel # skip CasADi and CMake
           CIBW_REPAIR_WHEEL_COMMAND: delvewheel repair --add-path C:/Windows/System32 -w {dest_dir} {wheel}
           CIBW_TEST_EXTRAS: "dev"
           CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: |
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ jobs:
           # 10.13 for Intel (macos-13), 11.0 for Apple Silicon (macos-14 and macos-latest)
           MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: ${{ matrix.os == 'macos-14' && '11.0' || '10.13' }}
           CIBW_ARCHS_MACOS: auto
-          CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: python -m pip install cmake casadi setuptools wheel delocate
+          CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: python -m pip install cmake casadi setuptools delocate
           CIBW_REPAIR_WHEEL_COMMAND: |
             if [[ $(uname -m) == "x86_64" ]]; then
               delocate-listdeps {wheel} && delocate-wheel -v -w {dest_dir} {wheel}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index da35f93..f08975d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    "setuptools>=64",
-    "wheel",
+    "setuptools>=70.1.1",
     # On Windows, use the CasADi vcpkg registry and CMake bundled from MSVC
     "casadi>=3.6.7; platform_system!='Windows'",
     # Note: the version of CasADi as a build-time dependency should be matched
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 65e3e6c..0bc1940 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 from multiprocessing import cpu_count
 from pathlib import Path
 from platform import system
-import wheel.bdist_wheel as orig
 
 from setuptools import setup, Extension
 from setuptools.command.install import install
 from setuptools.command.build_ext import build_ext
+from setuptools.command.bdist_wheel import bdist_wheel
 
 
 default_lib_dir = (
@@ -207,29 +207,29 @@ def run(self):
 # ---------- Custom class for building wheels ------------------------------------------
 
 
-class bdist_wheel(orig.bdist_wheel):
+class PyBaMMWheel(bdist_wheel):
     """A custom installation command to add 2 build options"""
 
     user_options = [
-        *orig.bdist_wheel.user_options,
+        *bdist_wheel.user_options,
         ("suitesparse-root=", None, "suitesparse source location"),
         ("sundials-root=", None, "sundials source location"),
     ]
 
     def initialize_options(self):
-        orig.bdist_wheel.initialize_options(self)
+        bdist_wheel.initialize_options(self)
         self.suitesparse_root = None
         self.sundials_root = None
 
     def finalize_options(self):
-        orig.bdist_wheel.finalize_options(self)
+        bdist_wheel.finalize_options(self)
         if not self.suitesparse_root:
             self.suitesparse_root = default_lib_dir
         if not self.sundials_root:
             self.sundials_root = default_lib_dir
 
     def run(self):
-        orig.bdist_wheel.run(self)
+        bdist_wheel.run(self)
 
 
 ext_modules = [
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ def run(self):
     ext_modules=ext_modules,
     cmdclass={
         "build_ext": CMakeBuild,
-        "bdist_wheel": bdist_wheel,
+        "bdist_wheel": PyBaMMWheel,
         "install": CustomInstall,
     },
 )