diff --git a/assets/requirements/requirements.txt b/assets/requirements/requirements.txt
index 4f92521..a8295e2 100644
--- a/assets/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/assets/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Core numeric stack (keeps NumPy < 2 to avoid ABI issues)
 numpy==1.26.4
 packaging==23.0
-setuptools==65.6.3
+setuptools==78.1.1
 ninja==1.11.1.1
 
 # PyTorch (CUDA 12.4)