diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a3fdc81..35ef40f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ MarkupSafe==2.1.1
 pytz==2022.1
 six==1.16.0
 Werkzeug==2.2.1
+setuptools>=70.0.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability