diff --git a/requirements-check.txt b/requirements-check.txt
index 44d83e1dd..1790d03c8 100644
--- a/requirements-check.txt
+++ b/requirements-check.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 check-manifest==0.37
 
 # We need setuptools>=43.0 to include pyproject.toml
-setuptools>=43.0
+setuptools>=70.0.0