diff --git a/doc/requirements.txt b/doc/requirements.txt
index 31b743698f..3b50251751 100644
--- a/doc/requirements.txt
+++ b/doc/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ sphinxcontrib-openapi==0.8.3
 configobj==5.0.8
 pyipv8==2.12.0
 
-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
 certifi>=2023.7.22 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 cryptography>=42.0.2 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 requests>=2.31.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability