diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0a17d4674bad..1615233ba881 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ pep517==0.13.0
 pip-tools==6.9.0
 pyparsing==3.0.9
 tomli==2.0.1
+setuptools>=70.0.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability