diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d82c670bd..aaf23caa6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ dev-mypy = [
   "mypy == 1.14.1",
   "types-Markdown == 3.7.0.20241204",
   "types-protobuf == 5.29.1.20250208",
-  "types-setuptools == 75.8.0.20250110",
+  "types-setuptools == 78.1.0.20250329",
   # For checking the noxfile, docs/ script, and tests
   "frequenz-sdk[dev-mkdocs,dev-noxfile,dev-pytest]",
 ]