diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 99cdff1..713349a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 coloredlogs==15.0.1
 pytest==8.3.3
-setuptools==70.0.0
+setuptools==75.1.0
 toil[cwl]==5.10.0
 pytest-runner==6.0.1
 tox==3.27.1