diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fe9cdd91..a65c095b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ memory_profiler
 numexpr
 pandas-datareader
 netcdf4
+setuptools>=70.0.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability