diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f286d6c..a64f69b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ requests
 requests_mock
 uuid
 vcrpy
+setuptools>=70.0.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability