diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 51c5c01..03f7803 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ansible-lint
 docker==4.2.2
 anyconfig>=0.10.0 # 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
 paramiko>=3.4.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 requests>=2.32.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 urllib3>=2.2.2 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability