diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 60ae1665..af6221a7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/78859635/py2app-error-17-file-exists-when-running-py2app-for-the-first-time
-setuptools==70.3.0
+setuptools==78.1.1
 packaging
 pyobjc
 corefoundationasyncio