diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 50cf7f5..23dc1f5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ articlemetaapi==1.26.4
 prometheus-client==0.5.0
 beautifulsoup4==4.6.3
 mock==2.0.0
+setuptools>=70.0.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability