diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c1b8bb2..13e3467 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=82.0.1"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=83.0.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ classifiers = [
 dependencies = []          # core is pure stdlib
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-plots = ["matplotlib>=3.10.9", "pillow>=12.2.0"]   # only the viz/plot/gif demos
+plots = ["matplotlib>=3.10.9", "pillow>=12.3.0"]   # only the viz/plot/gif demos
 build = ["pyinstaller>=6.21.0"]
 
 [project.scripts]