diff --git a/test_requirements.txt b/test_requirements.txt
index 3f2d489dbb..4363ff0d05 100644
--- a/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/test_requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pytest-cov==4.1.0
 pytest-flake8==1.1.1
 pytest-tornado==0.8.1
 PyYAML==6.0.1
-setuptools==68.0.0
+setuptools==70.0.0
 six==1.16.0
 tox
 tox-gh-actions