diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7bc265b..dbecdf6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-setuptools==50.3.2
+setuptools==65.5.1
 cython==0.29.21
 numpy==1.18.5
 nltk==3.5
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7411dfd..e076168 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def read(fname):
         "numpy==1.18.5",
         "matplotlib==3.3.2",
         "tensorflow==2.3.1",
-        "setuptools==50.3.2",
+        "setuptools==65.5.1",
         "spacy==2.3.2",
         "pandas==1.1.4",
         "seaborn==0.11.0",