diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 82783f8..f90b21d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 requires = [
     "setuptools>=42",
     "wheel",
-    "scikit-build",
-    "cmake>=3.17",
+    "scikit-build==0.14.0",
+    "cmake>=3.18",
     "nanobind>=0.0.5",
     "ninja; platform_system!='Windows'"
 ]