diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a1ee9ea..ebe970e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ numpy==1.24.2
 pandas==1.5.3
 scipy==1.10.1
 seaborn==0.12.2
-setuptools==65.6.3
+setuptools==70.0.0
 # these are auto-doc packages and specify in /docs/source/requirements.txt
 # sphinx-rtd-theme==1.2.0
 # numpydoc==1.5.0
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