diff --git a/importer/requirements-py2.txt b/importer/requirements-py2.txt
index be8c1a7b9..1e6b7d885 100644
--- a/importer/requirements-py2.txt
+++ b/importer/requirements-py2.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-setuptools==41.2.0
+setuptools==65.5.1
 pip==19.1.1
 pillow~=6.1.0
 h5py~=2.9.0