diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 94278735..74d6e064 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 requests==2.32.0
 requests_ntlm [NTLMAuthentication]
-setuptools==70.1.1
+setuptools==78.1.1
 msal==1.28.0
 pytz==2021.1
 # The codebase uses "Self" and "Required" available in the typing module