diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d68ac4e..5d55ada 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 aiohttp
 elasticsearch
 datetime
-requests
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+requests
+setuptools>=78.1.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
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