diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 311881f..ad33d4a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 Changes in each release are listed below.
 
+## 1.2.3 12-Mar-2024
+
+* Removed error-inducing, unneeded `python_version` requirement from the `[build-system]` `requires` setting.
+
 ## 1.2.2 12-Mar-2024
 
 * Explictly typed the buffer_ptr to be `signed char*` instead of the ambiguous `char*` in FFI VoltageContext read methods to fix portability issue with Arm64 platform. Fixes #67.
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1553c66..8e80792 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "mwalib"
-version = "1.2.2"
+version = "1.2.3"
 homepage = "https://github.com/MWATelescope/mwalib"
 repository = "https://github.com/MWATelescope/mwalib"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9fe01ea..5febcf7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ dependencies = ["numpy"]
 "Source" = "https://github.com/MWATelescope/mwalib"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "wheel", "python_version>=3.7"]
+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "maturin"
 
 [tool.maturin]