diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8a8e9073..69f02516 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ kedro>=0.19.0, <0.20.0
 kedro_datasets
 mlflow>=1.0.0, <3.0.0
 pydantic>=1.0.0, <3.0.0
+setuptools>=70.0.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability