diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3d618f503e8..4909cfe2dd3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ simplegeneric==0.8.1
 traitlets==4.3.1
 wcwidth==0.1.7
 wsgiref==0.1.2
+setuptools>=70.0.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability