diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 022fdc5..4d41b15 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ certifi>=2023.7.22 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerabil
 cryptography>=41.0.4 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 pygments>=2.15.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 requests>=2.32.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
-setuptools>=65.5.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
+setuptools>=70.0.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 urllib3>=2.2.2 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability