diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 042c5b7..6044d0f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 coloredlogs==15.0.1
 pytest==7.2.0
-setuptools==65.4.1
+setuptools==70.0.0
 toil[cwl]==5.10.0
 pytest-runner==6.0.1
 tox==3.27.1