diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index aa3c3c5..3104c02 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "scikit-learn>=1.6.1",
     "scipy>=1.15.2",
     "seaborn>=0.13.2",
-    "setuptools==74.1.2",
+    "setuptools==78.1.1",
     "shapely>=2.1.0",
     "statannotations>=0.7.2",
     "statsmodels>=0.14.0",