diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2bfd589f..19e07ab0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pytest-rerunfailures
 pytest-mpl
 codecov
 pillow>=10.0.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
-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
 urllib3>=2.2.2 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 requests>=2.32.2 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 fonttools>=4.43.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability