diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index eaf0d79be..4b937573f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ nbconvert[webpdf]==7.17.0
 numpy==2.2.5
 pandas==2.3.3
 pip==26.0.1
-setuptools==80.9.0 # opentsne uses sklearn.base uses joblib uses distutils missing in Python >= 12 (TODO use native openTSNE?) 
+setuptools==80.10.2 # opentsne uses sklearn.base uses joblib uses distutils missing in Python >= 12 (TODO use native openTSNE?) 
 
 # --- Visualization ---
 wordcloud==1.9.6