diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 934b0dc839..2e626f1beb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ requests==2.27.1; python_version == '3.6'
 requests==2.28.1; python_version >= '3.7'
 semver==2.13.0
 setuptools==59.6.0; python_version == '3.6'
-setuptools==65.3.0; python_version >= '3.7'
+setuptools==65.6.3; python_version >= '3.7'
 wcwidth==0.2.5
 # rfmdocend: required-packages
 #+pygelf%pygelf==0.4.0