diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 18861e1..775c40d 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ docutils
 wheel
 pycodestyle
 twine
-xmltodict
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+xmltodict
+setuptools>=65.5.1 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
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