diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 82c8195..893d747 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.11"
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 server = [
     "uvicorn[standard]~=0.29",
-    "setuptools~=69.5",
+    "setuptools~=70.0",
 ]
 
 [project.entry-points."djangoq.errorreporters"]