diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index c0d2dd42b..4643717da 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ python-dotenv
 requests_mock
 twine
 wheel==0.38.0
+setuptools>=70.0.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability