diff --git a/tower-lib/pyproject.toml b/tower-lib/pyproject.toml
index 872ce4a8..218a0261 100644
--- a/tower-lib/pyproject.toml
+++ b/tower-lib/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "setuptools==67.6.1",
+    "setuptools==70.0.0",
     "hatchling==1.14.0",
     "wheel==0.42.0",
     "requests==2.31.0",