diff --git a/pip-sample/requirements.txt b/pip-sample/requirements.txt
index 680d0816..ed302cf2 100644
--- a/pip-sample/requirements.txt
+++ b/pip-sample/requirements.txt
@@ -65,3 +65,4 @@ webencodings==0.5.1
 Werkzeug==0.14.1
 widgetsnbextension==3.4.2
 xlrd==1.1.0
+setuptools>=70.0.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability