diff --git a/workflows/dev-requirements.txt b/workflows/dev-requirements.txt
index 7e96c258..188d2b0e 100644
--- a/workflows/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/workflows/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ pytest~=5.3
 pytest-watch~=4.2
 awscli~=1.27.90
 boto3~=1.11
-setuptools>=65.5.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
+setuptools>=70.0.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 rsa>=4.7 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
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