diff --git a/changelog.d/16574.misc b/changelog.d/16574.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fae0f00fb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/16574.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Allow building with `setuptools_rust` 1.8.0.
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index b5bd4ce5b7..00f5b4a20a 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -2580,20 +2580,19 @@ testing-integration = ["build[virtualenv]", "filelock (>=3.4.0)", "jaraco.envs (
 
 [[package]]
 name = "setuptools-rust"
-version = "1.7.0"
+version = "1.8.0"
 description = "Setuptools Rust extension plugin"
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.7"
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "setuptools-rust-1.7.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c7100999948235a38ae7e555fe199aa66c253dc384b125f5d85473bf81eae3a3"},
-    {file = "setuptools_rust-1.7.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:071099885949132a2180d16abf907b60837e74b4085047ba7e9c0f5b365310c1"},
+    {file = "setuptools-rust-1.8.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:5e02b7a80058853bf64127314f6b97d0efed11e08b94c88ca639a20976f6adc4"},
+    {file = "setuptools_rust-1.8.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:95ec67edee2ca73233c9e75250e9d23a302aa23b4c8413dfd19c14c30d08f703"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
 semantic-version = ">=2.8.2,<3"
 setuptools = ">=62.4"
 tomli = {version = ">=1.2.1", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
-typing-extensions = ">=3.7.4.3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "signedjson"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f3764b1a57..5b9f9fbde0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ furo = ">=2022.12.7,<2024.0.0"
 # system changes.
 # We are happy to raise these upper bounds upon request,
 # provided we check that it's safe to do so (i.e. that CI passes).
-requires = ["poetry-core>=1.1.0,<=1.7.0", "setuptools_rust>=1.3,<=1.7.0"]
+requires = ["poetry-core>=1.1.0,<=1.7.0", "setuptools_rust>=1.3,<=1.8.0"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"