diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index d836018..3788f26 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ updates:
         update-types:
           - "version-update:semver-patch"
           - "version-update:semver-minor"
-      - dependency-name: "setuptools"
-        versions:
-          - ">=82"
 
   - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
     directory: "/"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index bb4afef..1854044 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"
           cache: "pip"
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
           cache: "pip"
 
       - name: Install build tool
-        run: python -m pip install build==1.5.0 twine==6.2.0 setuptools==81.0.0
+        run: python -m pip install build==1.5.0 twine==6.2.0 setuptools==83.0.0
 
       - name: Build package artifacts
         run: python scripts/verify.py package
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v7
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
           cache: "pip"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e5ec4f9..dfdf9a3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ dev = [
     "build>=1.5.0",
     "pytest>=9.0.3",
     "ruff>=0.15.13",
-    "setuptools>=81.0.0,<82",
+    "setuptools>=83.0.0",
     "pyright>=1.1.409",
     "pip-audit>=2.10",
     "twine>=6.0.0",
diff --git a/requirements.dev.txt b/requirements.dev.txt
index 7491a1f..b15afdf 100644
--- a/requirements.dev.txt
+++ b/requirements.dev.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pyright==1.1.409
 pytest==9.0.3
 quimb==1.14.0
 ruff==0.15.13
-setuptools==81.0.0
+setuptools==83.0.0
 tensorkrowch==1.1.6
 tensornetwork==0.4.6
 twine==6.2.0
diff --git a/tests/test_ci_workflow.py b/tests/test_ci_workflow.py
index c94c5c6..dc7ab82 100644
--- a/tests/test_ci_workflow.py
+++ b/tests/test_ci_workflow.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def test_ci_workflow_declares_expected_jobs_and_runner_matrices() -> None:
     assert set(workflow["jobs"]) == {"smoke-minimal", "wheel-smoke", "lint-and-test"}
     assert workflow["permissions"]["contents"] == "read"
     assert workflow_text.count("uses: actions/checkout@v7") == 3
-    assert workflow_text.count("uses: actions/setup-python@v6") == 3
+    assert workflow_text.count("uses: actions/setup-python@v7") == 3
     assert workflow["jobs"]["wheel-smoke"]["matrix"]["os"] == ["ubuntu-latest", "windows-latest"]
     assert workflow["jobs"]["wheel-smoke"]["matrix"]["python-version"] == ["3.12", "3.13"]
     assert workflow["jobs"]["lint-and-test"]["matrix"]["os"] == [
diff --git a/tests/test_engineering_baseline.py b/tests/test_engineering_baseline.py
index 163e4bb..6d52012 100644
--- a/tests/test_engineering_baseline.py
+++ b/tests/test_engineering_baseline.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ def test_dev_requirements_pin_verification_tools_and_use_editable_install() -> N
         "pytest==9.0.3",
         "quimb==1.14.0",
         "ruff==0.15.13",
-        "setuptools==81.0.0",
+        "setuptools==83.0.0",
         "tensorkrowch==1.1.6",
         "tensornetwork==0.4.6",
         "twine==6.2.0",