diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2430e75ce4..015f5ea038 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ chemistry = [ "scipy==1.10.1", "openfermionpyscf==0.5", "h5py<3.11"  ]
 visualization = [ "qutip<5" , "matplotlib>=3.5" ]
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["scikit-build-core", "cmake>=3.26,<3.29", "numpy>=1.24", "pytest==8.2.0"]
+requires = ["scikit-build-core==0.9.10", "cmake>=3.26,<3.29", "numpy>=1.24", "pytest==8.2.0"]
 build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
 
 [tool.scikit-build]