diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 45f2208..3462caf 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pytest==2.6.4
 python-coveralls==2.5.0
 repoze.lru==0.6
 requests==2.7.0
-setuptools==8.0.1
+setuptools==70.0.0
 sh==1.11
 simplejson==3.6.5
 six==1.9.0