diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 69fb23f..dd3713d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ requests-oauthlib==1.3.0
 rsa==4.7
 selenium==3.141.0
 six==1.15.0
-urllib3==1.26.5
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+urllib3==1.26.5
+setuptools>=70.0.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
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