diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index a08e426..ebc993d 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -17,3 +17,8 @@ updates:
     directory: "/"
     patterns: ["*"]
     multi-ecosystem-group: "dependencies"
+
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
+    directory: "/pth-tester"
+    patterns: ["*"]
+    multi-ecosystem-group: "dependencies"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d882066..ee7b12b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ __pycache__/
 build/
 logs/
 .DS_Store
+.vscode
diff --git a/pth-tester/pyproject.toml b/pth-tester/pyproject.toml
index 66559c2..498f7f0 100644
--- a/pth-tester/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pth-tester/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools==78.0.2", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools==78.1.1", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]