diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 30b3db1..ac3b82b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ pexpect
 requests
 python-on-whales
 jetson-stats
-packaging
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+packaging
+setuptools>=70.0.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
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