diff --git a/tests/pre-commit_project/pyproject.toml b/tests/pre-commit_project/pyproject.toml
index b3ee9455dc02531b87c298962d555e22746585d5..14a3a13d3bbb1e8654694b7c46537020b71c260c 100644
--- a/tests/pre-commit_project/pyproject.toml
+++ b/tests/pre-commit_project/pyproject.toml
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-this is an invalid toml file, I guess
+[build-system]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+requires = ["hatchling"]