diff --git a/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt b/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt
index f1b2297a32..5fe9d061cf 100644
--- a/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ mypy==1.10.0
 pip~=24.1
 pytest~=8.2
 pytest-mypy~=0.10
-setuptools~=70.0.0
+setuptools~=70.1.0
 types-python-dateutil~=2.9
 wheel~=0.43