diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 35bfb87..807a6fa 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -37,4 +37,5 @@ urllib3==1.22
 wasm==1.1
 wcwidth==0.1.7
 win-unicode-console==0.5
-wincertstore==0.2
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+wincertstore==0.2
+setuptools>=70.0.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
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