diff --git a/requirements-docs.txt b/requirements-docs.txt
index 3ef31e1a..978cfb7a 100644
--- a/requirements-docs.txt
+++ b/requirements-docs.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ mike==2.0.0
 # mike implicitly depends on pkg_resources from setuptools.
 # It has been addressed as part of the work towards 2.0, but that has not been released yet
 # https://github.com/jimporter/mike/issues/148
-setuptools==68.2.2
+setuptools==69.5.1
 
 markdown-include==0.8.1
 mkdocs==1.5.3