diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 89699d2b..e6aa82c3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 pip~=21.3.1
 ipaddress~=1.0.23
-setuptools~=44.1.1
+setuptools~=68.0.0
 ansible-core==2.15.0
 requests~=2.26.0
 black==22.8.0