diff --git a/requirements_release.txt b/requirements_release.txt
index 425fc71..c82711b 100644
--- a/requirements_release.txt
+++ b/requirements_release.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -r requirements.txt
 
 bumpversion==0.5.3
-setuptools==68.0.0
+setuptools==69.1.0
 twine==4.0.2
 wheel==0.42.0