diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 53d866f9d0c..c3882b9d6e2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # basic
-setuptools==40.0.0
+setuptools==52.0.0
 pip>=9.0.1