diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 111c2e4..52ffba7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ responses
 mock
 setuptools_scm
 MarkupSafe
-setuptools>=40.0
+setuptools>=70.0.0
 configparser>=3.5
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