diff --git a/swmm-toolkit/build-requirements.txt b/swmm-toolkit/build-requirements.txt
index cc5fbd1a..98bbfd02 100644
--- a/swmm-toolkit/build-requirements.txt
+++ b/swmm-toolkit/build-requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 
 
-setuptools   == 65.5.1
+setuptools   == 70.0.0
 wheel        == 0.38.1
 scikit-build == 0.11.1
 cmake        == 3.21