diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 18b87c7d..fb4f3789 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ redis==4.5.5
 requests-oauthlib==1.3.1
 requests==2.29.0
 service-identity==21.1.0
-setuptools==65.6.3
+setuptools==68.1.2
 six==1.16.0
 sqlparse==0.4.4
 txaio==23.1.1