diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5428594..2db5731 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ python-ldap==2.4.28
 pytz==2016.4
 PyYAML==3.12
 requests==2.20.0
-setuptools==18.5
+setuptools==65.5.1
 simplejson==3.16.0
 smmap2==2.0.4
 tornado==4.2