diff --git a/helm-chart/images/image-cleaner/requirements.txt b/helm-chart/images/image-cleaner/requirements.txt
index 508041227..ea39653f7 100644
--- a/helm-chart/images/image-cleaner/requirements.txt
+++ b/helm-chart/images/image-cleaner/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 docker==4.1.0
 kubernetes==10.0.1
+setuptools>=70.0.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability