diff --git a/.git_archival.txt b/.git_archival.txt
index 95cb3eea..9eb3075f 100644
--- a/.git_archival.txt
+++ b/.git_archival.txt
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
+node: $Format:%H$
+node-date: $Format:%cI$
+describe-name: $Format:%(describe:tags=true)$
 ref-names: $Format:%D$
+
diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index e7fe2231..c04899d9 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Changes
 -------
 
+next (unreleased)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+* Update build-system requirements to drop the use of setuptools-scm-git-archive #955
+
 0.2.0 (2023-06-11)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f521df04..99f645ac 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     # Essentials
-    "setuptools >= 42",
+    "setuptools >= 45",
 
     # Plugins
-    "setuptools_scm[toml] >= 6.4, < 7",
-    "setuptools_scm_git_archive >= 1.1",
+    "setuptools_scm[toml] >= 7.0.5",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"