diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index c96119e..c70e17f 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ sentry-sdk[fastapi]==2.19.0
 prometheus-client==0.21.0
 
 # OpenTelemetry distributed tracing
-setuptools>=80.0.0  # pinned for opentelemetry pkg_resources compatibility; vendors patched wheel/jaraco.context
+setuptools>=82.0.1  # pinned for opentelemetry pkg_resources compatibility; vendors patched wheel/jaraco.context
 opentelemetry-api==1.32.1
 opentelemetry-sdk==1.32.1
 opentelemetry-exporter-otlp==1.32.1