diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 37e242b1..f198b32c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ pytz==2021.1
 requests==2.26.0
 six==1.16.0; python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3'
 urllib3==1.26.7; python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4' and python_version < '4'
-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