diff --git a/examples/knative/python/kn-py-vro/requirements.txt b/examples/knative/python/kn-py-vro/requirements.txt
index ec1cf263..2c7107f1 100644
--- a/examples/knative/python/kn-py-vro/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/knative/python/kn-py-vro/requirements.txt
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ requests==2.32.0
   charset-normalizer==2.0.12
   idna==3.7
   urllib3==1.26.19
-setuptools==65.5.1
+setuptools==70.0.0