diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c8c05a47bc..4bf392e499 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ sphinxcontrib-qthelp==1.0.3
 sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.1.5
 sphinxprettysearchresults==0.3.5
 urllib3==2.0.2
+setuptools==70.3.0