diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index eb5eee6..99e9ffa 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ gunicorn==20.0.4
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.5
 Pygments==2.9.0
 PyYAML==5.4.1
-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
 uritemplate==3.0.1
 whitenoise==6.3.0