diff --git a/pip/requirements.txt b/pip/requirements.txt
index fe33636d..e9468ea5 100644
--- a/pip/requirements.txt
+++ b/pip/requirements.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ rfc3986==2.0.0
 rich==13.2.0
 secretstorage==3.3.3
 ### DO NOT UPGRADE - setuptools > 65.x.x removes flexible versioning ###
-setuptools==65.0.0
+setuptools==78.1.1
 six==1.16.0
 tqdm==4.64.1
 twine==4.0.2