diff --git a/packages/jsii-pacmak/lib/targets/python/requirements-dev.txt b/packages/jsii-pacmak/lib/targets/python/requirements-dev.txt
index a12621eadd..3b8b5903f8 100644
--- a/packages/jsii-pacmak/lib/targets/python/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/packages/jsii-pacmak/lib/targets/python/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # be installed in the virtual environment used for building the distribution
 # package (wheel, sdist), but not declared as build-system dependencies.
 
-setuptools~=53.0.0 # build-system
+setuptools~=54.1.2 # build-system
 wheel~=0.36.2      # build-system
 
 twine~=3.3.0