diff --git a/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt b/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt
index f7d678ab3d..feb1a71cf6 100644
--- a/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ mypy==1.9.0
 pip~=24.0
 pytest~=8.1
 pytest-mypy~=0.10
-setuptools~=69.2.0
+setuptools~=69.5.1
 types-python-dateutil~=2.9
 wheel~=0.43