diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index 604dc56..933b77f 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: pip
           cache-dependency-path: pyproject.toml
       - run: pip install -e ".[dev,plotting]"
-      - run: pip-audit
+      - run: pip-audit --skip-editable
 
   test:
     name: test:pytest
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 84f5f93..77521c4 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Code style: ruff (lint + format), `line-length = 120`. Type-checked with `ty`.
 ruff check gallery plotstyle tests
 ruff format gallery plotstyle tests
 ty check gallery plotstyle
-pip-audit
+pip-audit --skip-editable
 ```
 
 **Before committing**, run the same checks CI (`.gitea/workflows/ci.yml`) runs and make sure they pass — `ruff check`, `ruff format --check`, `ty check`, `pip-audit`, and `pytest tests/`. Catching a failure locally is faster than waiting on the pipeline.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4b80c1d..1cc252a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=65.0", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=83.0.0", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]