diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f3d6a4dca..f16bcd87c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -62,3 +62,4 @@ wcwidth==0.1.7
 wget==3.2
 xmltodict==0.12.0
 zipp==0.6.0
+setuptools>=70.0.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability