diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a9763ce..519256c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.9"
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 server = [
     "uvicorn~=0.23",
-    "setuptools~=68.2",
+    "setuptools~=69.0",
 ]
 
 [project.entry-points."djangoq.errorreporters"]