diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9accebb..b114c7e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    "setuptools<v60.0",
+    "setuptools",
+    "looseversion>=1.3.0,<2.0.0",
     "cython>=0.28.0,<3.0.0",
     "cmake<4.0.0",
     "numpy>=1.25.0; python_version>='3.9'",
@@ -15,9 +16,9 @@ version = "0.10.2"
 enable_black = true
 enable_flake8 = true
 enable_isort = true
-enable_mypy = false # TODO: enable mypy in the future
+enable_mypy = false    # TODO: enable mypy in the future
 mypy_preset = "strict"
 line_length = 88
 py_version = "py37"
 [[tool.pysen.lint.mypy_targets]]
-  paths = ["."]
+paths = ["."]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9563649..e056b9d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
-from distutils.errors import DistutilsExecError
-from distutils.spawn import spawn
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+from looseversion import LooseVersion
 from glob import glob
 from itertools import chain
 from os.path import exists, join
-from subprocess import run
 
 import numpy as np
 import setuptools.command.build_py
@@ -132,7 +129,7 @@ def test_quoted_arg_change():
         file_encoding = "utf8"
         arg_value = '"ARG"'
 
-        spawn(
+        subprocess.run(
             [
                 sys.executable,
                 "-c",
@@ -142,13 +139,14 @@ def test_quoted_arg_change():
                 output_mode,
                 file_encoding,
                 arg_value,
-            ]
+            ],
+            check=True,
         )
 
         # read
         with open(file_name, mode="r", encoding=file_encoding) as fd:
             return fd.readline() != arg_value
-    except (DistutilsExecError, TypeError):
+    except (TypeError, subprocess.CalledProcessError):
         return False
 
 
@@ -187,7 +185,7 @@ def escape_macros(macros):
 
     # NOTE: The wrapped OpenJTalk does not depend on HTS_Engine,
     # but since HTSEngine is included in CMake's dependencies, it refers to a dummy path.
-    r = run(["cmake", "..", "-DHTS_ENGINE_INCLUDE_DIR=.", "-DHTS_ENGINE_LIB=dummy"])
+    r = subprocess.run(["cmake", "..", "-DHTS_ENGINE_INCLUDE_DIR=.", "-DHTS_ENGINE_LIB=dummy"])
     r.check_returncode()
     os.chdir(cwd)