diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7e191cfa..28937304 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ pydocstyle==6.3.0
 requests==2.32.0
 Sphinx==7.1.2
 Werkzeug==3.0.3
-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
 jinja2>=3.1.3 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 urllib3>=2.2.2 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability