diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a291b70..5075eda 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ torchaudio
 tensorflow
 pycocotools
 albumentations
+setuptools>=70.0.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability