diff --git a/app/requirements-step-2.txt b/app/requirements-step-2.txt
index 815c62d1..bcc374ca 100644
--- a/app/requirements-step-2.txt
+++ b/app/requirements-step-2.txt
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ jinja2==2.10
 requests==2.18.4
 PyYAML==3.12
 tulipy==0.2.1
+setuptools>=70.0.0 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability