diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 225d7f6d..dc829cc0 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-# Frequenz Repository Configuration Release Notes
-
 ## Bug Fixes
 
-### Cookiecutter template
-
-- Fix the repo-config version number that was outdated.
+- Fix `setuptools` dependency range so it is possible to use the latest `setuptools` version.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 63e9d1e4..d806c879 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright © 2023 Frequenz Energy-as-a-Service GmbH
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools == 78.1.0", "setuptools_scm[toml] == 8.1.0"]
+requires = ["setuptools == 78.1.0", "setuptools_scm[toml] == 8.2.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ actor = []
 api = [
   "grpcio-tools >= 1.47.0, < 2",
   "mypy-protobuf >= 3.0.0, < 4",
-  "setuptools >= 67.6.0, < 76",
+  "setuptools >= 67.6.0, < 79",
 ]
 app = []
 lib = []
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ extra-lint-examples = [
   "sybil >= 6.1.1, < 10",
 ]
 dev-flake8 = [
-  "flake8 == 7.1.1",
+  "flake8 == 7.2.0",
   "flake8-docstrings == 1.7.0",
   "flake8-pyproject == 1.2.3", # For reading the flake8 config from pyproject.toml
-  "pydoclint == 0.6.0",
+  "pydoclint == 0.6.4",
   "pydocstyle == 6.3.0",
 ]
 dev-formatting = ["black == 25.1.0", "isort == 6.0.1"]
@@ -82,14 +82,14 @@ dev-mkdocs = [
   "mkdocs-gen-files == 0.5.0",
   "mkdocs-literate-nav == 0.6.2",
   "mkdocs-macros-plugin == 1.3.7",
-  "mkdocs-material == 9.6.9",
-  "mkdocstrings[python] == 0.29.0",
+  "mkdocs-material == 9.6.10",
+  "mkdocstrings[python] == 0.29.1",
   "mkdocstrings-python == 1.16.8",
 ]
 dev-mypy = [
-  "mypy == 1.14.1",
-  "types-setuptools >= 67.6.0, < 78", # Should match the build dependency
-  "types-Markdown == 3.7.0.20241204",
+  "mypy == 1.15.0",
+  "types-setuptools >= 67.6.0, < 79", # Should match the api dependency
+  "types-Markdown == 3.7.0.20250322",
   "types-PyYAML == 6.0.12.20250326",
   "types-babel == 2.11.0.15",
   "types-colorama == 0.4.15.20240311",