diff --git a/lib/requirements.txt b/lib/requirements.txt
index e952095ce..3d1fa6cfc 100644
--- a/lib/requirements.txt
+++ b/lib/requirements.txt
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ requests==2.21.0
 scikit-learn==0.21.3
 scipy==1.1.0
 seaborn==0.9.0
-setuptools==40.6.3
+setuptools==65.5.1
 six==1.11.0
 sklearn==0.0
 sklearn-crfsuite==0.3.6