diff --git a/requirements-docbuild.txt b/requirements-docbuild.txt
index 6e56a4f9..d04d4306 100644
--- a/requirements-docbuild.txt
+++ b/requirements-docbuild.txt
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ certifi>=2024.7.4 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerabili
 jinja2>=3.1.6 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 pygments>=2.15.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 requests>=2.31.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
-setuptools>=70.0.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
+setuptools>=78.1.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 idna>=3.7 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability