diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 35a192c5..f3791b5b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def _parse_requirements(path, encoding="utf-8"):
             "pytest-mock>=3.1.0, <4.0.0",
             "scikit-learn>=0.23.0, <1.4.0",
             "flake8==6.0.0",  # ensure consistency with pre-commit
-            "black==23.7.0",  # pin black version because it is not compatible with a pip range (because of non semver version number)
+            "black==23.10.0",  # pin black version because it is not compatible with a pip range (because of non semver version number)
             "isort==5.12.0",  # ensure consistency with pre-commit
             "kedro-datasets[pandas.CSVDataSet]",
         ],