diff --git a/dev_requirements.txt b/dev_requirements.txt
index 38d7f160..92166c52 100644
--- a/dev_requirements.txt
+++ b/dev_requirements.txt
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ coveralls
 pydocstyle
 pycodestyle
 setuptools_git==1.2
-setuptools==38.5.2
+setuptools==70.0.0
 zest.releaser[recommended]==6.15.1