diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 349d88944656..7b1d8781f2dc 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ statsmodels
 sympy
 tensorflow; python_version < '3.9'
 xgboost
+setuptools>=78.1.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability